 By comparing the number of grains in the Avoirdupois and Troy pound and ounce respectively, it appears that the Troy pound is less than the Avoirdupois, in the proportion of 14 to 17 nearly ; but the Troy ounce is greater than the Avoirdupois, in the...  British Almanac and Family Cyclopaedia - Page 921850Full view - About this book
 | Hoy D. Orton - 1871 - 202 pages
...Ton. troy pound. Therefore, the troy pound is less than the avoirdupois pound in the proportion of It to 17, nearly ; but the troy ounce is greater than the avoirdupois ounce in the proportion of 79 to 72, nearly. In times past it was the custom to allow 112 pounds for... | |
 | John Alexander Henderson - 1872 - 64 pages
...pound, and 5,760 grains the troy pound. Therefore, the troy pound is less than the avoirdupois pound in the proportion of 14 to 17, nearly; but the troy ounce is greater than the avoirdupois ounce in the proportion of 79 to 72, nearly. In times past it was the custom to allow 112 pounds for... | |
 | 1840 - 370 pages
...of weights are constructed in decimal progression, from 10,000 grains downwards to ,i_ of a grain. By comparing the number of grains in the Avoirdupois...is less than the Avoirdupois, in the proportion of 1. 1 to 17 nearly; hut the Troy ounce is greater than the Avoirdupois, in the proportion of 79 to 72... | |
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