 | mrs. Henry Ayres - 1846 - 400 pages
...measures generally used for the purposes of trade and commerce. TABLES. TROY WEIGHT. 24 grains make 1 pennyweight dwt. 20 pennyweights • — 1 ounce 02. 12 ounces — 1 pound Ib. 25 pounds — 1 quarter of cwt. of gold or silver 100 pounds — 1 hundred weight of ditto 20 hundred... | |
 | Adolf Sonnenschein - 1870 - 206 pages
...(cwt). 20 hundred-weight = 1 ton (ton) Troy Weight (used in weighing Gold and Silver, &c.). 24 grains = 1 pennyweight (dwt.) 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce (02.) 12 ounces = 1 pound (lb.) = 5760 grains MEASURES OF CAPACITY. Liquid. 4 gills = 1pint(pt.) 2 pints ... = 1 quart (qt.)... | |
 | Colin Arrott R. Browning - 1884 - 274 pages
...Moidore = 27s. TROY WEIGHT. For weighing gold, silver, jewels, and certain liquids. 24 Grains (grs.) = 1 Pennyweight (dwt.) 20 Pennyweights = 1 Ounce (02.) 12 Ounces = 1 Pound (Ib.) parts in 24 are pure gold, and 2 parts alloy (a mixture of silver and copper) . Prom a pound Troy of... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - Arithmetic - 1890 - 364 pages
...16 cwt. 24f Ibs. 21. Divide 15 t. 17 cwt. 29 Ibs. 7 oz. by |. Troy Weight. 173. 24 grains (grs.) = 1 pennyweight (dwt.). 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce (02;.). 12 ounces = 1 pound (lb.). NOTE. Troy weight is used for weighing gold, silver, and jewels. The pound Troy contains 5760... | |
 | Business mathematics - 1917 - 194 pages
...jewels ; also, in weighing articles used in scientific experiments, etc. The unit is the pound. TABLE. 24 Grains (Gr.) = 1 Pennyweight . . dwt. 20 Pennyweights...= 1 Ounce .... 02. 12 Ounces = 1 Pound . . . . Ib. NOTE. — Diamond Weight Ts used in weighing precious stones. The unit is the carat, which equals about... | |
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WEIGHT. 24 grains, gr. make 1 pennyweight. dwt. 20 pennyweights " 1 ounce. 02. 12 ounces 