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" Troy Weight 24 grains = 1 pennyweight. 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce. 12 ounces = 1 pound. "
The Franklin Elementary Arithmetic - Page 143
by Edwin Pliny Seaver, George Augustus Walton - 1878 - 144 pages
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The accomptant's guide, a new system of arithmetic

James Morrison (accountant.) - 1801 - 242 pages
...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...
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The young woman's companion; or, Female instructor [by J.A. Stewart].

J A. Stewart - 1814 - 792 pages
...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 .......
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Elements of Chemical Philosophy, on the Basis of Reid: Comprising the ...

Thomas Duché Mitchell - Chemistry - 1832 - 582 pages
...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...
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Encyclopędia Americana, ed. by F. Lieber assisted by E. Wigglesworth (and T ...

Encyclopaedia Americana - 1833 - 548 pages
...= 1 clove, 32 cloves = 1 wey in Essex, . 42 " = " in Suffolk, 56 pounds = 1 firkin, DIVISION II.— Troy Weight. 24 grains = 1 pennyweight . . . 20 pennyweights . . . . = 1 ounce 12 ounces = 1 pound used for cheese and butter. = 24 grains. = 480 « = 5760 « These are the denominations of troy and...
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Encyclopędia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ..., Volume 13

Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1833 - 570 pages
.... . I used for cheese 42 « = " in Suffolk, . . f and butter. 56 pounds = 1 firkin Division II.— Troy Weight. 24 grains = 1 pennyweight . . . 20 pennyweights . . . . = 1 ounce 12 ounces = 1 pound — 24 grains. = 480 « = 5760 « These are the denominations of troy weight when used for weighing...
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Encyclopędia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ..., Volume 13

Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1835 - 546 pages
...clove, . ' 32 cloves = 1 wey in Essex, . . 42 " = " in Suffolk, . 56 pounds =: 1 firkin, DIVISION II.— Troy Weight. 24 grains = 1 pennyweight . . . 20 pennyweights . . . . = 1 ounce 12 ounces — 1 pound used for cheese and butter. = 24 grains. = 480 « = 5760 " These are the denominations of troy and...
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A Manual of Chemistry: Containing the Principal Facts of the Science, in the ...

John White Webster - Chemistry - 1839 - 618 pages
...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...
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The operative mechanic's workshop companion, and the scientific gentleman's ...

William Templeton (engineer.) - 1845 - 210 pages
...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....
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Treatise on Mental Arithmetic, in Theory and Practice

Isaiah Steen - 1848 - 316 pages
...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,...
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The Gold Regions of California: Describing the Geography, Topography ...

George G. Foster - California - 1849 - 96 pages
...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...
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