ENGLISH WEIGHTS Tray Weight.
lb. oz. drms. =slides. grains. grammes.
1 = 12 = = 2ii = 5760 =372.96 1= 8= 24= 480_ 31 . 08 1 = 3 = 60 = 3.885 1 =-- 20 = 1.395 1 = 0.06475 Avoirdupois Weight.
lb. oz. drms. grains. grammes.
1 = 16 = 256 = 7000 = 45323 1 = 16 = 437.5 = 28.32 1 = 37.975 = 1.81 Correspondence of English weights with those used in France injire the revolution. The Paris pound, poids de mare of Charlemagne, contains 9216 Paris grains: it is divided into 16 ounces, each ounce into 8 gros, and each gros into 72 grains. It is equal to 7561 English troy grams. The English troy pound of 12 ounces contains 5760 English troy grains, and is equal to 702 Paris grains.
The English avoirdupois pound of 16 ounces contains 7000 English troy grains, and is equal to 8538 Paris grains.
To reduce Paris grains to En-1 glish troy grains, divide by To reduce English troy grains } 1.2189
to Paris grains, multiply by To reduce Paris ounces to En ' gfish troy, divide by To reduce Eng. troy ounces to 1.015734 Paris, multiply by Or the conversion may be made by means of the following tables.
1. To reduce French to English troy weight.
The Paris pound = 7561 English The ounce = 472.5624 The gros = 59.0703 troy The grain = .8204 2. To reduce English troy to Paris weight.
The Eng.troy pound 7021.
of 12 ounces . .
The troy ounce . . . = 585.0893 a The dram of 60 grains = 73.1354 The pennyweight, denier, of 24 grains 5 = 29.2.5'41 The of 20 grs = 9A 3784I ET The grain = 1 2189) 3. To reduce Eng. avoird. to Paris weight. The avoirdupois pound of 16 ounces, or 7000 =8538.
troy grains , The ounce . . . . . =533.6250j