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... pound , whose exact weight is now involved in so much doubt that it is impossible to decide whether it consisted of 6,750 or of 7,200 grains . The tower pound and the troy pound were used for weighing only gold , silver , and drugs ...
... pound , whose exact weight is now involved in so much doubt that it is impossible to decide whether it consisted of 6,750 or of 7,200 grains . The tower pound and the troy pound were used for weighing only gold , silver , and drugs ...
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... pounds , made in 1582 , and 7 , 4 , 2 , and 1 pounds , made in 1588 ; a set of flat circular avoirdupois weights of 8 , 4 , 2 , and 1 pounds , and 8 , 4 , 2 , 1 , 1 , 1 , 1 , and ounces , made in 1588 ; and a set of cup - shaped troy ...
... pounds , made in 1582 , and 7 , 4 , 2 , and 1 pounds , made in 1588 ; a set of flat circular avoirdupois weights of 8 , 4 , 2 , and 1 pounds , and 8 , 4 , 2 , 1 , 1 , 1 , 1 , and ounces , made in 1588 ; and a set of cup - shaped troy ...
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... pound of 7,000 grains was constructed . From sometime in the fifteenth century until the adoption of the metric ... troy grains , we have 1 livre , poids de marc = 7554.22 troy grains . = 489.506 grams . The metric standard of weight ...
... pound of 7,000 grains was constructed . From sometime in the fifteenth century until the adoption of the metric ... troy grains , we have 1 livre , poids de marc = 7554.22 troy grains . = 489.506 grams . The metric standard of weight ...
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... pound , can now be regarded only as an arbitrary standard of which copies must be taken by direct comparison . As already stated , the kilogram is equivalent to 15432.34874 English troy grains , or about 2 pounds 3 ounces avoirdupois ...
... pound , can now be regarded only as an arbitrary standard of which copies must be taken by direct comparison . As already stated , the kilogram is equivalent to 15432.34874 English troy grains , or about 2 pounds 3 ounces avoirdupois ...
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... troy pound , or about one part in 50,000 ; while that which he and Mr. Bird used in their observa- tions upon the Exchequer weights , for the Parliamentary Committee of 1759 , was sufficiently exact " to discern any error in the pound ...
... troy pound , or about one part in 50,000 ; while that which he and Mr. Bird used in their observa- tions upon the Exchequer weights , for the Parliamentary Committee of 1759 , was sufficiently exact " to discern any error in the pound ...
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