Avoirdupois
Avoirdupois The avoirdupois system is a system of weights defining ... by the piece, for example). In the avoirdupois system, all units are multiples or fractions ... stone, which was eventually defined as fourteen avoirdupois pounds. The quarter, hundredweight, and ton were ... the British or imperial adaptation of the avoirdupois system: 16 drams/drachms = 1 ounce ( ...
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Avoirdupois   (translated from Japanese)
Avoirdupois AvoirdupoisAs for (じ ょ う like this, avoirdupois system), yard pound method mass unit . Those ... it is used usually to be the avoirdupois, other two (Troy 衡・ medicine 衡 ) It ... the Japanese name which is called "the avoirdupois", the mass unit which is regularly used ... weight depend on being weighed by the avoirdupois. As for all units of avoirdupois ...
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Talk:Avoirdupois
Talk:Avoirdupois ...what does its name mean? "to have ... December 2005 (UTC) The English system of Avoirdupois is called the Imperial system, I will ...
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Avoirdupois (unit)   (translated from German)
Avoirdupois (unit) That avoirdupois pound is an old englische Einheit for ... in such a way specified Avoirdupoids. 1 avoirdupois pound = 0,45359 kg 1 kg = 2.2046 avoirdupois pound See also: Masseinheit - Alte mass and ...
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Pound (mass)
... grams. Most commonly, it refers to the avoirdupois pound (454 g), divided into 16 avoirdupois ounces. Today Of at least five previous English pounds only one, the avoirdupois pound (454 g), is still in general ... Scotland, equal to 21 to 28 oz avoirdupois. Furthermore a metrified or metric pound of ... ½ kg) avdp. troy tower gr g Avoirdupois 1 175/144 35/27 28/ ...
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United States customary units
... systems of mass: Tower weight, Troy weight, Avoirdupois system, and Apothecaries' system. Tower weight fell ... has been largely replaced by metric measurements. Avoirdupois weight is the primary system of mass ... in the U.S. customary system. The Avoirdupois units are legally defined as measures of ... For instance, in most contexts, the pound avoirdupois is used as a unit of mass ... force properly abbreviated as "lbf"). Troy weight, avoirdupois weight, and apothecaries weight are all ...
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User talk:Djinn112
... question: I see you added this to Avoirdupois. "The British colonies in North America, however ... 2004 (UTC) I think this says definitely avoirdupois for the common New England settler. Am ... in English commerce by the 16-ounce avoirdupois pound. This is the pound unit still ... unit of the late thirteenth century, the avoirdupois pound weighs exactly 7000 grains. The avoirdupois ounce, 1/16 pound, is divided ...
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Comparison of the Imperial and U.S. customary systems
... originally defined as the volume of 10 avoirdupois pounds of water under specified conditions, and ... see that, in the Imperial system, an avoirdupois ounce of water at 62 °F has ... because 10 pounds is equivalent to 160 avoirdupois ounces, and 1 Imperial gallon is equivalent ... 1/3 pounds, or 133 1/3 avoirdupois ounces, and the U.S. gallon is ... systems, troy weight, used for precious metals, avoirdupois weight, used for most other purposes, ...
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Talk:Golden Plates
... in English commerce by the 16-ounce avoirdupois pound. This is the pound unit still ... unit of the late thirteenth century, the avoirdupois pound weighs exactly 7000 grains. The avoirdupois ounce, 1/16 pound, is divided further ... English ounce units don't agree: the avoirdupois ounce is 7000/16 = 437.5 grains ... 12 = 480 grains. Conversion between troy and avoirdupois units is so awkward, no one ...
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Ounce
... frameworks within which these units are defined. avoirdupois ounce defined by the avoirdupois system of mass (see pound (mass)). There are 16 ounces in the avoirdupois pound. The avoirdupois ounce is approximately 28.35 gram. troy ... per cent more than the more-common avoirdupois ounce. These troy ounces are now ...
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