 Troy weight are weighed gold,* silver, jewels, and all iquors. The denominations are pounds, ounces, pennyweights, and grains. TABLE. 24 grains (grs.) make 1 pennyweight, marked pwt. 20 pennyweights - - 1 ounce, ----- oz. 12 ounces - - - - 1 pound, -----...  The Illustrative Practical Arithmetic by a Natural Method with Dictation ... - Page 155by George Augustus Walton, Electa N. L. Walton - 1871 - 336 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Daniel Leach - 1850 - 84 pages
...20? How many shillings in 12 pence ? in 48 pence ? LESSON CXVIII. TROY WEIGHT. 24 grains (gr.) make 1 pennyweight, marked pwt 20 pennyweights " 1 ounce, " oz. 12 ounces " 1 pound, " Ib. How many grains in 1 pennyweight ? in 2 ? in 3 ? in 5? in 8? in 10? in 12? How many pennyweights in... | |
 | Calvin Tracy - 1851 - 214 pages
...coin, is of the same value as tho pound sterling. TABLE H. TROY WEIGHT. 24 grains (gr.) . . make I pennyweight . marked pwt 20 pennyweights . " 1 ounce, ... " oz. 12 ounces •. . . "1 pound, ... " Ib. By this weight, jewels, precious metals, and distilled liquors are •weighed. The pound Troy is the... | |
 | Charles Davies - 1852 - 344 pages
...WEIGHT. 115. Gold, silver, jewels, and liquors, are weighed by Troy weight. TABLE. 24 grains, gr. make 1 pennyweight, marked pwt. 20 pennyweights - 1 ounce - - - oz. 12 ounces - - 1 pound - - - Ib. gr. pwt. oz. Ib. 24 = 1 480 =20 =1 NOTES.— 1. The standard Troy pound is the weight of 22.794377... | |
 | Charles D. Lawrence - Arithmetic - 1854 - 336 pages
...The Troy ounce is adopted as the stand;lrd at the United States Mint.* TABLE. 24 grains (ffrs.) make 1 pennyweight, marked pwt. 20 pennyweights " 1 ounce, " oz. 12 ounces " 1 pound, " 1b. AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. 59. This weight is used in weighing all coarse and drossy articles, such... | |
 | John Fair Stoddard - Arithmetic - 1856 - 312 pages
...equal parts, still called grain*, being the least weight in common use. TABLE. 24 Grains (gr.) make 1 Pennyweight, marked, pwt. 20 Pennyweights " 1 Ounce, " oz. 12 Ounces " . " 1 Pound, " Ib. AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. ART. 58. Avoirdupois Weight is used to weigh all things of a course nature, as... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1856 - 450 pages
...418. Gold, silver, jewels, and liquors, are weighed by Troy weight. TABLE. ' 24 grains, gr. . make 1 pennyweight, marked pwt. 20 pennyweights - 1 ounce, - - oz. 12 ounces - - 1 pound, - - Id. gr. pwt. oz. Ib. 24 = 1 480 =20 =1 5760 = 240 =12 = 1. NOTES. — 1. The standard Troy pound... | |
 | John Fair Stoddard - Arithmetic - 1857 - 80 pages
...farthings in 1 pound, 2 shillings, and 3 pence ? LESSON III. / TABLE or TEOÏ WEIGHT. 24 Grains (gr.) make 1 Pennyweight, marked pwt. 20 Pennyweights " 1 Ounce, " oz. 12 Ounces " 1 Pound, " Ib. 1. How many grains in 2 pennyweights? SOLUTION. — There are 24 grains in 1 pennyweight, therefore,... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1857 - 348 pages
...TROY OR MIST WEIGHT Is used in weighing gold, silver, jewels, liquors, &o. TABLE. 24 grains (gr.) make 1 pennyweight, marked pwt. 20 pennyweights ... 1 ounce................ oz. 12 ounces ........ 1 pound, ............ Ib NOTE.— The standard unit of weight in the United States, is the found, containing 5760 grains. For... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - Spellers - 1858 - 102 pages
...TEOY WEIGHT. Troy weight is used in weighing gold, silver, and jewels. TABLE. 24 grains (gr.) make 1 pennyweight, marked pwt. 20 pennyweights " 1 ounce, " oz. 12 ounces " 1 pound, " Ib. AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. Avoirdupois weight is used in weighing almost every kind of goods, and all metals... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1859 - 144 pages
...silver, jewels, liquors, &c., and is generally adopted in philosophical experiments. 24 grains (gr.) make 1 pennyweight, marked pwt. 20 pennyweights " 1 ounce, " oz. 12 ounces " 1 pound, " Ib. Note. — Most children have very erroneous or irdistinct ideas of the weights and measures in common... | |
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