| Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1879 - 238 pages
...weight ? TROY WEIGHT. 152. Troy Weight is used for gold, silver, and jewels. Table. 24 grains (gr.) nre 1 pennyweight, pwt. 20 pennyweights. 1 ounce, oz. 12 ounces, 1 'pound, Ih. APOTHECARIES, in mixing medicines, use the poĢ?id, ounce (§), and grain, of this weight; but... | |
| Malcolm MacVicar - Arithmetic - 1880 - 268 pages
...silver, and precious ptones, and in philosophical experiments TABLE OF UNITS. 24 grains (gr.) make 1 pennyweight . pwt, 20 pennyweights "- 1 ounce . . . oz. 12 ounces " 1 pound . . . Ib. 2. Apothecaries' Weight is used by physicians and apothecaries in compounding dry medicines.... | |
| Joseph Ficklin - Arithmetic - 1881 - 112 pages
...Troy Weight is used in weighing gold, silver, and precious stones, and in philosophical experiments. 24 Grains (gr.) — 1 Pennyweight, . pwt 20 Pennyweights...1 Ounce, . . . oz. 12 Ounces =: 1 Pound, . . . Й. С 5760 gr. 1 lb. = < 240 pwt. ( 12 os. LXX. Apothecaries' Weight is used by apothecaries and physicians... | |
| Joseph Ficklin - Arithmetic - 1881 - 412 pages
...Weight is used in weighing gold, silver, and jewels. TABLE OF UNITS. EQUIVALENTS. 24 Grains for.) = 1 Pennyweight, pwt. 20 Pennyweights = 1 Ounce, . . . oz. 12 Ounces = 1 Pound, . . . Ih. r 5760 gr 10).=) 240 pwt. ( 12 oz. 258. In weighing diamonds and gems, the unit generally... | |
| Silas Sadler Packard, Byron Horton - Business mathematics - 1882 - 224 pages
...the height of the barometer is 30 inches, and the temperature of the air and water 62° Fahrenheit.' TABLE. 24 Grains (gr.) = 1 Pennyweight pwt. 20 Pennyweights = 1 Ounce . . . oz. 12 Ounces = 1 Pound . . . Ib. lb 02. pwt. gr. 1 = 12 = 240 = 5760 1 = 20 = 480 1 = 24 NOTE. — The carat, used in weighing... | |
| James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1882 - 416 pages
...in 36 pecks ? In 96 quarts ? TROY WEIG-HT. 362. Troy Weight is used in weighing gold, silver, etc. TABLE. 24 grains (gr.) = 1 pennyweight, - - pwt. 20...pennyweights = 1 ounce, - - - - oz. 12 ounces = 1 pound, - - - - Ib. pwt. gr. 363. The Standard Unit of weight in the United States, is the Troy Pound. 1. How... | |
| James Bates Thomson - History - 1882 - 156 pages
...85704 2712 96207 3872 LESSON XI. Troy Weight. Troy Weight is used to weigh gold, silver, jewels, etc. TABLE. 24 grains (gr.) = 1 pennyweight, pwt. 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce, oz. 12 ounces = 1 pound, Ib. ORAL, EXERCISES. 1. How many grains in 2 pennyweights? 2. How many pwts. in 2 oz. ? 3 oz. ? 5 oz.... | |
| Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1883 - 186 pages
.... . G. . . 5.11 MEASURES OF WEIGHT. 93. Troy Weight is used in weighing gold, silver, jewels, etc. TABLE. 24 Grains (gr.) = 1 Pennyweight, . pwt. 20...Pennyweights = 1 Ounce, . . . oz. 12 Ounces = 1 Pound, . . . Ib. 94. Apothecaries' Weight is used by apothecaries and physicians in compounding dry medicines.... | |
| James Bates Thomson - Business mathematics - 1884 - 344 pages
...level measure. Large fruit, potatoes, and all coarse vegetables by heaped measure. TROY "WEIGHT. 73. Troy Weight is used in weighing gold, silver, jewels,...1 pennyweight, . pwt. 20 pennyweights — 1 ounce oe, 12 ounces = 1 pound, . . . . Ib. 74. The Standard Unit of weight in the United States, is the Troy... | |
| Warren H. Sadler, William Russell Will - Arithmetic - 1885 - 422 pages
....727 .044 .806 .193 TROY WEIGHT. 7. Troy Weight is used in weighing gold, silver, and jewels, and also in philosophical experiments. Table. 24 grains [gr.] = 1 pennyweight [pwt.] 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce [оz-] 12 ounces =: 1 pound [Ib.] DIAMOND WEIGHT. 8. Diamond Weight is used in weighing diamonds and... | |
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