 | James Morrison (accountant.) - 1801 - 242 páginas
...Sixpence, of filver. The Penny piece. Halfpenny, and Farthing, of copper. II. Troy Weight, TABLES. 24 grains = 1 penny-weight, 20 penny-weights = 1 ounce, 12 ounces = 1 pound. 24 grains = I dwt. 480 = 20 = 1 oz. 5760 = 240 = 12 = I Ib. Kote- The firft of all the weights ufed... | |
 | J A. Stewart - 1814 - 792 páginas
...principal thing to be attended, 4?» V' f .1 • ......••:.* 611 TABLES. WEIGHTS AND MEASURE?. TROY WEIGHT. 24 Grains 1 Pennyweight 20 Pennyweights . 1 Ounce 12 Ounces I Pound .. AVOIRDUPOIS WMIGHT. 1 6 Drams 1 Ounce 16 Ounces 1 Pound 38 Pounds 1 Quarter 4 Quarters ....... | |
 | Thomas Duché Mitchell - 1832 - 582 páginas
...weight, a"' Apothecaries' weight. The last of these is usually employed bj American Pharmaceutists. TROY WEIGHT. 24 grains = 1 pennyweight. 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce. 12 ounces == 1 pound. or, Grains. Pennyweights. Ounces. Pound. £ = * = 7 = * 5760 = 240 =12 = 1 The pound Avoirdupois contains... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake - 1833 - 570 páginas
...clove, 32 cloves = 1 wey in Essex, . . . I used for cheese 42 « = " in Suffolk, . . f and butter. 56 pounds = 1 firkin Division II.— Troy Weight....pennyweights . . . . = 1 ounce 12 ounces = 1 pound — 24 grains. = 480 « = 5760 « These are the denominations of troy weight when used for weighing... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - 1835 - 546 páginas
.... . 12 sacks . . . A pack of wool contains 240 Ibs. A truss of hay weighs 56 Ibs., and of straw 3G. stone of glass is 5 Ibs. ; a seam 24 stone. 8 pounds...denominations of troy and by them the ounce is divided into weight when used for weighing gold, sil- eight drams, and the dram into three scruver, and precious... | |
 | John White Webster - 1839 - 618 páginas
...system of weights is regulated, is the Troy brass pound." It contains 5760 grains. Imperial Standard Troy Weight. 24 grains = 1 pennyweight. 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce. 12 ounces - 1 pound. Grains. Pennyweights. Ounces. Pound. 24 = i = A ziv 480 = 20 = 1 •& 5760 = 240 = 12 * For important... | |
 | William Templeton (engineer.) - 1845 - 210 páginas
...2218-192 cubic inches . = 1 bushel. 8 bushels =1 quarter. 5 quarters =1 load. 5. Measures of weight. TROY. 24 grains =1 pennyweight. 20 pennyweights =1 ounce. 12 ounces =1 pound. AVOIRDUPOIS. 27-34375 troy grains =1 dram. 16 drams =1 ounce. 16 ounces =1 pound. 14 pounds =1 stone.... | |
 | Isaiah Steen - 1848 - 316 páginas
...of a cwt. 4 quarters, or 120 Ibs = 1 cwt. The use of this weight has been lately rendered illegal. TROY WEIGHT. 24 grains = 1 penny-weight. 20 penny-weights =: 1 ounce. 12 ounces = 1 pound. An ounce, consequently, contains 480 grains; and a pound, 240 penny-weights, or 5760 grains. It appears,... | |
 | George G. Foster - 1849 - 96 páginas
...weight is that which is altogether used in weighing the precious metals, and is graduated iu this wise: 24 grains, 1 pennyweight; 20 pennyweights, 1 ounce; 12 ounces, 1 pound. This pound is not of the same weight as that ordinarily used, as above stated ; and those \vho find... | |
 | Dana Pond Colburn - 1851 - 116 páginas
...penny. 12 pence = 1 shilling. 20 shillings = 1 pound. 21 shillings = 1 guinea. 5 shillings = 1 crown. TROY WEIGHT. 24 grains = 1 pennyweight. 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce. 12 ounces = 1 pound. APOTHECARIES' WEISHT. 20 grains = 1 scruple. 3 scruples = 1 dram. 8 drams = 1 ounce. 12 ounces = 1... | |
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Troy Weight 24 grains = 1 pennyweight. 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce. 12 ounces = 1 pound. 
