 | Edwin Pliny Seaver, George Augustus Walton - 1878 - 154 σελίδες
...used. 28 pounds = 1 quarter. 4 quarters = 1 hundredweight. 20 hundredweight = 1 ton (called long ton). Troy Weight. 24 grains = 1 pennyweight. 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce. 12 ounces = 1 pound. As used in mixing medicine. 20 grains = 1 scruple ( 3 ). 3 scruples = 1 dram ( 3 ). 8 drams — 1 ounce... | |
 | Edwin Pliny Seaver, George Augustus Walton - 1878 - 152 σελίδες
...used. 28 pounds = 1 quarter. 4 quarters = 1 hundredweight 20 hundredweight = 1 ton (called long ton). Troy Weight. 24 grains = 1 pennyweight 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce. 12 ounces = 1 pound. As used in mixing medicine. 20 grains = 1 scruple ( Э ). 3 scruples = 1 dram ( 3 ). 8 drams = 1 ounce... | |
 | Samuel Mecutchen - 1880 - 262 σελίδες
...weighing coal and iron. = 1 hundredw't. = 1 short ton . . =1 quarter. > = 1 hundredw't. > = 1 long ton. Troy Weight. 24 grains . . . = 1 pennyweight. 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce. 12 ounces ... =1 pound. Dry Measure. 2 pints =1 quart. 8 quarts =1 peck. 4 pecks =1 bushel. 2150.42 cu. inches. . . = 1 bushel.... | |
 | Samuel Mecutchen - 1880 - 270 σελίδες
...coal and iron. . =1 hundredw't. > = 1 short ton. . •= 1 quarter. 1=1 hundredw't. > = 1 long ton. Troy Weight. 24 grains . . . = 1 pennyweight. 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce. 12 ounces . . . = 1 pound. Dry Measure. 2 pints =1 quart. 8 quarts =1 peck. 4 pecks =1 bushel. 2150.42 cu. inches. . . = 1 bushel.... | |
 | Admiralty - 1883 - 364 σελίδες
...19T7T — A Fourpenny Piece — .... 1 5^ — A Threepenny Piece — .... 0 21-I!*r — WEIGHTS. Troy* 24 Grains 1 Pennyweight. 20 Pennyweights 1 Ounce. 12 Ounces 1 Pound. * Used for the precious metals and in Philosophical experiments. Diamonds and other precious stones... | |
 | A G. Blake - 1885 - 218 σελίδες
...quarter. 4 quarters = 1 hundredweight. 20 hundredweight = 1 ton. 1 pound Avoirdupois = 7000 grains Troy. Troy Weight. 24 grains = 1 pennyweight. 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce. 12 ounces = 1 pound. bengrtb. 12 inches = 1 foot. 3 feet = 1 yard. 5^ yards = 1 pole, rod, or perch. 40 poles = 1 furlong.... | |
 | William Mooney - 1888 - 412 σελίδες
...are not fixed measures, but vary in different states. A barrel of kerosene oil contains 42 gallons. TROY WEIGHT. 24 grains = 1 pennyweight. 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce. 12 ounces — 1 pound. Pounds. Ounces. 1 Dwt. 1 20 1 24 480 (i rains. Lb. — Avoirdupois. 1 0 00020571 0.0034285 0.068571... | |
 | 1889 - 252 σελίδες
...pounds that are identically the same in weight, as, for instance, the table of Troy weights is follows: 24 grains = 1 pennyweight. 20 pennyweights == 1 ounce. 12 ounces = 1 pound. Here there are the same number of grains in the Troy ounce as in the apothecaries' ounce, viz. : 480,... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1891 - 278 σελίδες
...is heavier, an ounce troy or an ounce avoirdupois ? How much ? 8. Write this, and commit to memory : Troy Weight. 24 grains = 1 pennyweight 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce. 12 ounces = 1 pound. Apothecary's Weight. 20 grains = 1 scruple. 3 scruples = 1 dram. 8 drams = 1 ounce. 12 ounces = 1 pound.... | |
 | Charles Haynes Haswell - 1892 - 334 σελίδες
...MEASURES OF WEIGHT. AVOIRDUPOIS. 16 drams =1 ounce. 16 ounces =1 pound. 112 pounds =1 cwt. 20 cwt. =1 ton. TROY WEIGHT. 24 grains =1 pennyweight. 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce. 12 ounces =1 pound. COPENHAGEN. Anker 2355 cub. in. Toende 8489 cub. in. GENOA. Pinte 90.5 " Mina 7366 " LISHON. ROME.... | |
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Troy Weight 24 grains = 1 pennyweight. 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce. 12 ounces = 1 pound. 
