 TROY WEIGHT. 24 grains (gr.) = 1 pennyweight (pwt.). 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce (oz.). 12 ounces = 1 pound (lb.). 351. Apothecaries' weight is used in mixing medicines and in selling them at retail. APOTHECARIES  Book three (1901) - Σελίδα 281των Isaac Oscar Winslow - 1901Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | George Augustus Walton - 1869 - 188 σελίδες
...is used for weighing gold, silver, and precious stones, and where great accuracy is required. TABLE. 24 grains (gr.) = 1 pennyweight, pwt. 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce, . . . oz. 12 ounces = 1 pound, . . . Ib. 1. How many grains in 1 pwt. ? in 2 pwt. 3 gr. ? 2. How many pwts. in 3 oz. ? in 4 oz. 2... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - 1867 - 148 σελίδες
...silver, precious stones, and liquors; also in philosophical experiments. TABLE. 24 grains (gr.) make 1 pennyweight, pwt. 20 pennyweights, 1 ounce, . . . . oz. 12 ounces, 1 pound, . . . Ib. EXAMPLES FOE THE SLATE. 1. Reduce 48494 gr. to pounds, &c. Ans. 81b. 5oz. 14 gr. Divide by... | |
 | Stoddard A. Felter - 1868 - 204 σελίδες
...cents? 20. At 12 cents a pound, how many pounds of sugar can be bought for 84 cents ? LESSON VIII. TROY WEIGHT. Troy "Weight is used in weighing gold, silver and jewels, and in philosophical experiments. The Denominations are pounds, ounces, pennyweights, and grains. TABLE.... | |
 | Stoddard A. Felter - 1868 - 238 σελίδες
...and jewels, and in determining the specific gravity of bodies, &c. (a) TABLE. 24 grains (gr.) make 1 pennyweight. . . . pwt. 20 .pennyweights " 1 ounce oz. 12 ounces " 1 pound Ib. NOTE. — 8¿ grains make a carat for weighing diamonds. PEOBLEMS. 1. How many grains in 2 pennyweights?... | |
 | Wilshire S. Courtney - 1869 - 532 σελίδες
...up in different States varying from 280 to 720 Ibs. Sea Island cotton is put up in sacks of 300 Ibs. TROY WEIGHT. Troy weight is used in weighing gold, silver, and jewels, and in philosophical experiments. TABLE. 24 grains (gr.) make 1 pennyweight. 20 pwt. " 1 ounce. 12... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - 1869 - 332 σελίδες
...WEIGHT. 203. Troy Weight is used for weighing gold, silver, and jewels. Ta"ble. 24 grains (gr.) make 1 pennyweight, pwt. 20 pennyweights, 1 ounce, oz. 12 ounces, 1 pound, Ib. AIOTHECARIES, in mixing medicines, use the pound, ounce (§), and grain, of this weight; but divide... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1870 - 336 σελίδες
...87. Troy Weight is the weight used in weighing gold, silver, and jewels. TABLE. 24 Grains (gr.) make 1 Pennyweight, pwt. 20 Pennyweights " 1 Ounce, oz. 12 Ounces " 1 Pound, Ib. pwt. pr». 1 = 24 oaf. •*• Ib. -= 1 «= 20 = 480 1 = 12 = 240 = 5760 86. How do yon reduce... | |
 | Daniel W. Fish - 1871 - 300 σελίδες
...in weighing gold, silver, and jewels, and in philosophical experiments. TABLE. 24 grains (gr.) make 1 pennyweight, pwt. 20 pennyweights " 1 ounce, oz. 12 ounces " 1 pound, Ib. UNIT EQUIVALENTS. Ib. oz. pwt. grs. 1 = 12 = 240 = 5760 1 = 20 = 480 1 = 24 NOTES. — 1. Diamonds,... | |
 | Daniel Barnard Hagar - 1871 - 220 σελίδες
...silver and gems. The units are a grain, a pennyweight, an ounce and a pound. TABLE. £4 grains (gr.) are 1 pennyweight .... pwt. 20 pennyweights " 1 ounce oz. 12 ounces ' ' 1 pound Ib. 1ib. = 12 oz. = 240 pwt. = 5760 gr. A Pound Avoirdupois is equal to 7000 Troy grains. 310. Apothecaries,... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1871 - 350 σελίδες
...87. Troy Weight is the weight used in weighing gold, silver, and jewels. TABLE. 24 Grains (gr.) make 1 Pennyweight, pwt. 20 Pennyweights " 1 Ounce, oz. 12 Ounces " 1 Pound, Ib. 86. How do yon reduce farthings to pence 1 Why divide by 4 ? How do you reduce pence to shillings... | |
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