 | George Albert Wentworth - 1889 - 476 pages
...pounds, nearly. 1 gallon of water weighs 8} pounds nearly. V. WEIGHT. Troy Weight. 24 grains (gr.) — 1 pennyweight (dwt.^ 20 pennyweights — 1 ounce (oz.) 12 ounces — 1 pound (Ib.). Avoirdupois Weight. 16 drams (dr.) — 1 ounce (oz.). 16 ounces — 1 pound (Ib.). 100 pounds... | |
 | Henry Nathan Wheeler - Arithmetic - 1888 - 312 pages
...(cwt.). 2240 pounds = 1 long ton. TROY WEIGHT. FOR GOLD, SILVER, AND PRECIOUS STOXES. 24 grains (grs.) = 1 pennyweight (dwt.). 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce (oz.). 12 ounces =1 pound (lb.). 1 lb. Troy = 5700 grs. 1 lb. Avoirdupois = 7000 grs. 1 carat of diamond = 4 grs. 1 carat of gold or... | |
 | John Fenner Brown - Arithmetic - 1892 - 184 pages
...WEIGHT. Used for weighing gold, silver, and precious stones. 4 grains (gr.) = 1 carat. 24 grains = 1 pennyweight (dwt.). 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce (oz.) 12 ounces = 1 pound (lb.). Reduce 7 lbs. 11 oz. 13 dwt. 18 gr. to grains. 7 12 7 lbs. = 84 oz. 11 7 lbs. 11 oz.= 95 oz • 20... | |
 | John Henry Walsh - Arithmetic - 1893 - 264 pages
...Weight. In weighing gold and silver, troy weight is used. The following is the table: 24 grains (gr.) 1 pennyweight (dwt.) 20 pennyweights 1 ounce (oz.) 12 ounces 1 pound (lb.) The abbreviation for pennyweight is also written pwt. 829. The pound apothecaries' weight — used... | |
 | John Henry Walsh - Arithmetic - 1893 - 268 pages
...Weight. In weighing gold and silver, troy weight is used. The following is the table: 24 grains (gr.) 1 pennyweight (dwt.) 20 pennyweights 1 ounce (oz.) 12 ounces 1 pound (Ib.) The abbreviation for pennyweight is also written pwt. 829. The pound apothecaries' weight —... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - Arithmetic - 1893 - 242 pages
...WEIGHT. Troy Weight is used in weighing gold, silver, and precious stones. TABLE. 24 grains (grs.) = 1 pennyweight (dwt.). 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce (oz.). 12 ounces = 1 pound (Ib.). The pound Troy contains 5760 grs. 1. How many more grains does a pound Avoirdupois contain than... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - Arithmetic - 1894 - 242 pages
...WEIGHT. Troy Weight is used in weighing gold, silver, and precious stones. TABLE. 24 grains (grs.) = 1 pennyweight (dwt.). 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce (oz.). 12 ounces = 1 pound (lb.). The pound Troy contains 5760 grs. 1. How many more grains does a pound Avoirdupois contain than a pound... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - 1894 - 318 pages
...pounds, nearly. 1 gallon of water weighs 8J pounds nearly. V. WEIGHT. Troy Weight. 24 grains (gr.) — 1 pennyweight (dwt.). 20 pennyweights — 1 ounce (oz.) 12 ounces — 1 pound (lb.). Avoirdupois Weight. 18 drams (dr.) = 1 ounce (oz.). 16 ounces — 1 pound (lb.). 100 pounds — 1 hundredweight... | |
 | Albert Newton Raub - Arithmetic - 1894 - 200 pages
...WEIGHT. 95. Troy Weight is used in weighing gold, silver, gems and jewels. TABLE. 24 grains (gr.) = 1 pennyweight, dwt. 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce, oz. 12 ounces = 1 pound, Ib. 1 Ib. Troy = 12 oz - 240 dwt. - 5760 gr. APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT. 96. Apothecaries' Weight differs... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - Mental arithmetic - 1895 - 222 pages
...WEIGHT. Troy Weight is used in weighing gold, silver, and precious stones. TABLE. 24 grains (grs.) = 1 pennyweight (dwt.). 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce (oz.). 12 ounces = 1 pound (lb.). 1. How many spoons weighing 20 pennyweights each can be made from 10 ounces of silver ? From 1 pound... | |
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Troy Weight. 24 grains (gr.) - 1 pennyweight (dwt.) 20 pennyweights — 1 ounce (oz.) 12 ounces — 1 pound (1b.). 
