 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  The Child's Arithmetic ... - Page 134by Ingram Cobbin - 1830Full view - About this book
 | Charles Edward White - Arithmetic - 1901 - 472 pages
...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... | |
 | Isaac Oscar Winslow - Arithmetic - 1901 - 286 pages
...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).... | |
 | Metal-work - 1901 - 548 pages
...grains, and a grain troy is the same as a grain avoirdupois. TABLE OF THOY WEIGHT. 24 grains (gr.) =. 1 pennyweight . . pwt. 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce oz. 12 ounces =1 pound Ib. 9 APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT. 22. Apothecaries' weight is used by physicians in prescribing and by druggists... | |
 | Eugene L. Dubbs - Arithmetic - 1901 - 462 pages
...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.... | |
 | Isaac Oscar Winslow - Arithmetic - 1901 - 312 pages
...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 281 (5). APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT Apothecaries' Weight is used in mixing medicines. 20 grains (gr.)= 1... | |
 | Joseph Henry Dunbar - Arithmetic - 1902 - 404 pages
...Avoirdupois Pound, the value of the former being to the value of the latter as 5760 to 7000, Table of Troy Weight. 24 grains (gr.) make 1 pennyweight, pwt....20 pennyweights " 1 ounce, oz. 12 ounces " 1 pound, !t'. Table of Avoirdupois Weight. 16 ounces (oz.; make 1 pound, tt', 2000 pounds " 1 ton, T. 2240 pounds... | |
 | David Martin Sensenig, Robert Franklin Anderson - Arithmetic - 1902 - 376 pages
...platinum, and jewels, except precious stones. The standard unit is the TROY POUND. TABLE. 24 grains (gr.) = 1 pennyweight (pwt.). 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce (oz.). 12 ounces = 1 pound (Ib.). lib. = 12oz. = 240 pwt. = 5760 gr. Note. The unit of weight for precious stones is the Carat, which... | |
 | International Correspondence Schools - Arithmetic - 1902 - 794 pages
...unless the long ton (2,240 pounds) is especially mentioned. TROY WEIGHT. TABLE 10. 24 grains (gr.) = 1 pennyweight .... pwt. 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce oz. 12 ounces = 1 pound Ib. Ib. oz. pwt. gr. 1 = Id - -J40 = 5,760 214. Troy weight is used in weighing gold and silverware, jewels,... | |
 | Frank Joseph Schneck - Business mathematics - 1902 - 288 pages
...oz. 1 = 20 = 2000 = 32000 Troy Weight 133. Troy weight is used by jewelers. TABLE 24 grains (gr.) = 1 pennyweight, pwt. 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce. oz. 12 ounces = 1 pound. Ib. Ib. 1 = oz. 12 = pwt. gr. 240 = 5760 Scale.—12, 20, 24. Apothecaries' Weight 134. Apothecaries' weight... | |
 | George Edward Atwood - Arithmetic - 1902 - 168 pages
...pork = 200 Ib. 1 bushel of barley = 48 Ib. 1 keg of nails = 100 Ib. TROY WEIGHT 24 grains (gr.) . . = 1 pennyweight . pwt. 20 pennyweights . . = 1 ounce . . . oz. 12 ounces . . . . = 1 pound . . . Ib. One pound Troy = 5760 grains. APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT 60 grains (gr.) . . = 1 dram . . dr., or 3. 8 drams... | |
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