 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1854 - 342 pages
...troy weight useif ? Repeat the table. 07. dwt. •1 = 24 lb. 1 = 20 = 480 1 «= 19 = v240 = . 5760 NOTE. — The original of all weights used in England...out of the middle of the ear ; and being well dried, 32 of them were to make one pennyweight, 20 pennyweights one are computed. MENTAL EXERCISES. 1. How... | |
 | J L. Ellenberger - 1854 - 338 pages
...philosophical experiments. A grain of wheat is said to be the original of all weights used in England. It was gathered out of the middle of the ear, and being well dried 32 of them were to make one pennyweight ; but in later times it was thought sufficient to divide the... | |
 | George Roberts Perkins - Arithmetic - 1855 - 388 pages
...in value to one pound ? Repeat the Tuble. How are farthings sometimes expressed 1 TROY WEIGHT. 66. The original of all weights used in England was a...corn of wheat, gathered out of the middle of the ear ; 32 of these, well dried, were to make one pennyweight, 20 pennyweights one ounce, and 12 ounces one... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1857 - 452 pages
...Troyes, a city in France, where great fairs were held, whence it may have had its name. NOTE 2. — A grain or corn of wheat, gathered out of the middle of the ear, was the origin of all the weights used in England. Of these grains, 32, well dried, were to make one... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1857 - 336 pages
...12 = 20 = 240 = 480 5760 NOTE 1. . — The oz. stands for onza, the Spanish for ounce. NOTE 2. — A grain or corn of wheat, gathered out of the middle of the ear, was the origin of all the weights used in England. Of these grains, 32, well dried, were to make one... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1858 - 458 pages
...Troyes, a city in France, where great fairs were held, whence it may have had its name. NOTE 2. — A grain or corn of .wheat, gathered out of the middle of the ear, was the origin of all the weights used in England. Of these grains, 32, well dried, were to make one... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1858 - 456 pages
...Troyes, a city in France, where great fairs were held, whence it mny have had its name. NOTE 2. — A grain or corn of wheat, gathered out of the middle of the ear, •was the origin of all the weights used in England. Of these grains, 32, well dried, were to make... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1858 - 332 pages
...= T = 5 20 = 240 = 480 5760 NOTE 1. — The oz. stands for onza, the Spanish for ounce. NOTE 2. — A grain or corn of wheat, gathered out of the middle of the ear, was the origin of all the weights used in England. Of these grains, 32, well dried, were to make one... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1861 - 338 pages
...pwt. 20 = 240 . =» & 480 5760 NOTE 1. — The oz. stands for onza, the Spanish for ounce. NOTE 2. — A grain or corn of wheat, gathered out of the middle of the ear, was the origin of all the weights used in England. Of these grains, 32, well dried, were to make one... | |
 | John Wade - Law - 1871 - 946 pages
...plate. See Away and Coin. GRAIS, the twenty-fourth part of a pennyweight. The origin of all weights IB England was a grain or corn of wheat gathered out of the middle of the ear, and, being well dried, thirty-two of them were to make one pennyweight, twenty pennyweights one ounce, and twelve ounces one... | |
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The original of all weights, used in England, was a grain or corn of wheat, gathered out of the middle of the ear ; and being well dried, 32 of them were to make one pennyweight, 20 pennyweights one ounce, and 12 ounces• one pound. But, in later times,... 
