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Troy weight

Karat-gewicht, n. troy weight, -gold, n. alloyed gold. [Pg.238]

I think it is best to put up with information the way you get it and seem satisfied with it, and surprised at it, and grateful for it, and say, "My word " and never let on. It was a wide space I could tell you how wide, in chains and perches and furlongs and things, but that would not help you any. Those things sound well, but they are shadowy and indefinite, like troy weight and avoirdupois nobody knows what they mean. When you buy a pound of a drug and the man asks you which you want, troy or avoirdupois, it is best to say "Yes," and shift the subject. [Pg.263]

In the United States, troy weight is used to measure gold and silver and avoirdupois weight is used for most other things. Given that... [Pg.42]

Troy weight is generally used for gold and silver. [Pg.56]

PP2.30 (a) Since both bricks and lead are measured in avoirdupois, the weights are the same, (b) Since gold is measured in troy weight, and there is only 12 ounces per pound, the lead is heavier. [Pg.615]

Troy Weight is used by jewelers for weighing gold, silver, platina, and all precious stones except the diamond and is the weight adopted by the mint. The pound Troy contains 5.760 grains. [Pg.338]

Apothecaries Weight Compared with Troy Weight. [Pg.339]

Apothecaries Meoauro compared with Troy Weight------5961... [Pg.356]

The standard unit of weight of tho U. S., is tbe pound, Troy weight, tho table of which is ... [Pg.385]

In weighing bullets and powder in grains, Troy weight is used, and 437 grains are equal to one ounce Avoirdupois. The drachm, Dixon measure, is 27 grains, Troy or Apothecaries weight... [Pg.386]

The annual world output of gold is about 1000 tons, the value of which in pounds sterling is placed at approximately 260 millions. From 90 to 95 per cent of this is absorbed in bars of statutory 400 oz. Troy weight for monetary purposes, international trade and exchange. The world s stock in hand of gold is believed to be worth some 4000 to 5000 million pounds sterling ... [Pg.141]

Precious metals and gems are measured in troy weights in the English system ... [Pg.33]

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