 | William Kent - Engineering - 1907 - 1206 pages
...pound of 1758 by direct comparison. Tlie British Avoirdupois pound was also derived from the latter, and contains 7000 grains Troy. The grain Troy is therefore...was legalized in the United States in 1866. By the concurrent action of the principal governments of the world an International Bureau of Weights and... | |
 | Mineral industries - 1902 - 1048 pages
...also derived from the latter, and contains 7,000 grains troy. The grain Troy is therefore the same a« the grain avoirdupois, and the pound avoirdupois in...States is equal to the British pound avoirdupois. The British gallon = 4 54346 liters. The British bushel = SB S477 liters. By the concurrent action of the... | |
 | Rolla Clinton Carpenter - Heating - 1903 - 622 pages
...pound of 1758 by direct comparison. The British Avoirdupois auer. and contains 7000 grain* Troy. . he same as the grain Avoirdupois, and the pound Avoirdupois in use in the United States Is equal to the Brill» gallon = 4.54346 litre«. The British bushel = 36.3477 litre«. SQUARE. I] Cubic Feet to Cubic... | |
 | Frank Edward Stewart - 1903 - 254 pages
...the Troy pound standard of mass. It was derived from the British standard Troy pound of 1758 latter, and contains 7000 grains Troy. The grain Troy is therefore the same as the grain Avoirdupois, and the pound The British gallon = 4.54346 litres. The British bushel = 36.3477 litres. Inches to millimetres. LINEAR.... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution - Physics - 1904 - 356 pages
...comparison. The British Avoirdupois pound was also derived from the latter, and contains 7,ooograins Troy. The grain Troy is therefore the same as the...States is equal to the British pound Avoirdupois. The British gallon =. 4.54346 litres. The British bushel = 36-3477 litres. The length of the nautical mile... | |
 | Robert Simpson Woodward - Geography - 1906 - 322 pages
...comparison. The British Avoirdupois pound was also derived from the latter, and contains 7,ooograins Troy. The grain Troy is therefore the same as the...States is equal to the British pound Avoirdupois. The British gallon = 4.54346 litres. The British bushel = 36.3477 litres. The lençth of the nautical mile... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution, Robert Simpson Woodward - Geography - 1906 - 300 pages
...Avoirdupois pound was also derived from the latter, and contains 7,ooograins Troy. The grain '1 roy is therefore the same as the grain Avoirdupois, and...States is equal to the British pound Avoirdupois. The British gallon — 4.54346 litres. The British bushel = 36.3477 litres. The lenc1h of the nautical... | |
 | John Charles Olsen, Alfred Melhado - Chemistry - 1907 - 524 pages
...quantity of water being, as nearly as has been ascertained, equal to a cubic decimeter. The grain Troy is the same as the grain Avoirdupois, and the pound Avoirdupois...States is equal to the British pound Avoirdupois. The nautical mile adopted by the US Coast and Geodetic, Survey many years ago is defined as the length... | |
 | Engineering - 1908 - 350 pages
...comparison. The British Avoirdupois pound was also derived from the latter, and contains 7,ooograiris Troy. The grain Troy is therefore the same as the...Avoirdupois, and the pound Avoirdupois in use in the United Sutes i* equal to the British pound Avoirdupois. The British gallon = 4.54346 litres. The British bushel... | |
 | Rolla Clinton Carpenter - Heating - 1915 - 636 pages
...standard Troy pound of 1758 by direct comparison. The British Avoirdupois pound lins 7000 grains Troy. s the grain Avoirdupois, and the pound Avoirdupois in...in the United States is equal to the British pound 5 litres. The British bushel -36.3477 litres. too MO -mo f-ioc ooM~-«««fi ?P WO toe **) 1- MO *"... | |
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Troy pound of the Mint. It is of brass of unknown density, and therefore not suitable for a standard of mass. It was derived from the British standard Troy pound of 1758 by direct comparison. 
