 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - 1893 - 234 σελίδες
...weight ? TROY WEI0HT. 152 Troy Weight is used for gold, silver, and jewels. Table. 24 grains (gr.) are 1 pennyweight, pwt. 20 pennyweights. 1 ounce, oz. 12 ounces, 1 pound, Ib. APOTHECARIES, in mixing medicines, use the pound, ounce (§), and grain, of this weight; but divide... | |
 | John Henry Walsh - 1893 - 426 σελίδες
...= 67j cu. in. 1 qt. liquid measure = 57J cu. in. Measures of Weight. TBOY WEIGHT. 24 grains (gr.) ' 1 pennyweight (pwt.) 20 pennyweights, 1 ounce (oz.) 12 ounces ... 1 pound (Ib.) Troy weight is used in weighing gold, silver, precious stones, etc. APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT. 20 grains... | |
 | Clarence Edmund Meleney - 1900 - 202 σελίδες
.... . . T. TROY WEIGHT. Used in weighing gold, silver, and precious stones. 24 grains, gr., make . . 1 pennyweight, . . pwt. 20 pennyweights . . .1 ounce, . . . . oz. 12 ounces .... 1 pound, ... {6. APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT. Used in weighing drugs. 20 grains, yr., make . . 1 scruple, . .' sc.... | |
 | William James Milne - 1900 - 236 σελίδες
...TROY WEIGHT. 219. In weighing gold, silver, and jewels Troy Weight is used. TABLE. 24 grains (gr.) = 1 pennyweight (pwt.). 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce (oz.). 12 ounces = 1 pound (lb.). The Troy lb. contains 5760 gr. ; the Avoirdupois Ib., 7000 gr. The Troy oz. contains 480 gr.... | |
 | International Correspondence Schools - 1901 - 630 σελίδες
...unless the long ton (2,2-tO pounds) is especially mentioned. TUOY "WEIGHT. TABLE. 24 grains (gr.) = 1 pennyweight .... pwt. 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce...ounces = 1 pound Ib. Ib. oz. pwt. gr. 1 = 12 = 240 = 5,760 Troy weight is used in weighing gold and silver ware, jewels, etc. It is used by jewelers.... | |
 | Samuel Wesley Baird - 1901 - 174 σελίδες
...the precious metalS, as gold and silver. The unit of weight is the pound, which contains 5760 grains. TABLE 24 grains = 1 pennyweight (pwt.) 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce (oz.) 12 ounces = 1 pound (Ib.) The carat is a unit of 4 imaginary grains employed in rating diamonds and precious stones, as the ruby,... | |
 | Nehemiah Hawkins - 1901 - 354 σελίδες
...cord, C. TROY WEIGHT. This is used for weighing gold, silver and jewels. TABLE. 24 grains (gr. ) make 1 pennyweight, pwt. 20 pennyweights, 1 ounce, oz. 12 ounces, 1 pound, Ib. A caret, for gold-weight, is 4 grains; for diamond-weight. IB 3.2 grains. APOTHECARIES WEIGHT. SOLID... | |
 | Isaac Oscar Winslow - 1901 - 286 σελίδες
...7000 grains. TROY WEIGHT Troy Weight is used in weighing gold, silver, and jewels. 24 grains (gr.) = 1 pennyweight (pwt). 20 pennyweights =* 1 ounce (oz.). 12 ounces = 1 pound (Ib.). APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT Apothecaries' Weight is used in mixing medicines. 20 grains (gr.)= 1 scruple (Э).... | |
 | Eugene L. Dubbs - 1901 - 462 σελίδες
...WEIGHT 53. Troy weight is used for weighing gold, silver, and precious stones. TABLE. 24 grains (gr.) = 1 pennyweight . . pwt. 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce . . . . oz. 12 ounces = 1 pound . . . . Ib. REMARK. The standard unit of weight in the United States is the Troy pound, which contains 5760 grains.... | |
 | Charles Edward White - 1901 - 472 σελίδες
...called a Cental. 195. Troy Weight is used in weighing gold, silver, and jewels. TABLE. 24 grains (gr.) = 1 pennyweight, pwt. 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce, oz. 12 ounces = 1 pound, Ib. 1 Ib. = 12 oz. = 240 pwt. = 5760 grains. 196. Apothecaries' Weight is used by druggists and physicians... | |
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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 
