 | George Albert Wentworth - Mental arithmetic - 1895 - 200 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.). 1. How many spoons weighing 20 pennyweights each can be made from 10 ounces of silver ? From... | |
 | John Henry Walsh - Arithmetic - 1895 - 480 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 - 1896 - 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 (1b.). Avoirdupois Weight. 16 drams (dr.) = 1 ounce (oz.). 16 ounces — 1 pound (Ib.). 100 pounds... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - Arithmetic - 1896 - 490 pages
...'Weight. 197. Troy Weight is used in weighing gold, silver, and precious stones. TABLE. 24 grains (gr.) = 1 pennyweight (dwt.). 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce (oz.). 12 ounces = 1 pound (Ib.). The pound Troy contains 5700 grains. EXERCISE 104. — WRITTEN. 1. How many more grains does... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth, George Anthony Hill - Arithmetic - 1897 - 476 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 (1b.). Avoirdupois Weight, 16 drams (dr.) *» 1 ounce (oz.). 16 ounces — 1 pound (Ib.). 100 pounds... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - Arithmetic - 1898 - 424 pages
...Weight. Troy weight is used in weighing gold, silver, and precious stones. TABLE. 24 grains (gr.) = 1 pennyweight (dwt.). 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce (oz.). 12 ounces = 1 pound (lb.). The pound troy contains 5760 grains. 304. Avoirdupois Weight. Avoirdupois weight is used in weighing... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - 1898 - 424 pages
...Weight. Troy weight is used in weighing gold, silver, and precious stones. TABLE. 24 grains (gr.) = 1 pennyweight (dwt.). 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce (oz.). 12 ounces = 1 pound (lb.). The pound troy contains 5760 grains. 304. Avoirdupois Weight. Avoirdupois weight is used in weighing... | |
 | Oscar Montgomery Lieber - Assaying - 1899 - 342 pages
...OQA Mercury -39 -38.2 Table of Troy Weights used with Gold, and Silver, and Plalina. 24 grains (gr.) make 1 pennyweight (dwt.) 20 pennyweights — 1 ounce (oz.) 12 ounces — 1 pound (Ib.) Ib. oz. dwt. gr. 1 = 12 = 240 = 5760 1 = 20 = 480 1 = 24 The value of gold is given in carats... | |
 | John Henry Walsh - Arithmetic - 1899 - 264 pages
...cord. 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 —... | |
 | Charles E. Sayward - Business mathematics - 1908 - 188 pages
...weighing articles used in scientific experiments, etc. The unit is the pound. TABLE. 24 Grains (Gr.) = 1 Pennyweight . . dwt. 20 Pennyweights = 1 Ounce . oz. 12 Ounces = 1 Pound . . . . lb. NOTE. — Diamond Weight is used in weighing precious stones. The unit is the carat, which equals about... | |
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Troy Weight. 24 grains (gr.) - 1 pennyweight (dwt.) 20 pennyweights — 1 ounce (oz.) 12 ounces — 1 pound (1b.). 
