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An ounce consisted of 437.5 grains, thus making the dram approximately 27.34 grains. drachm now meant only apothecaries' drachms, which were 1 ⁄ 8 of an apothecaries' ounce of 480 grains, thus equal to 60 grains.
Such scales are used to make the most accurate of fine measurements, such as in the needs of empirical chemistry. Avoirdupois (/ ˌævərdəˈpɔɪz, ˌævwɑːrdjuːˈpwɑː /; [1] abbreviated avdp.) [2] is a measurement system of weights that uses pounds and ounces as units. [3][4] It was first commonly used in the 13th century AD and was ...
Troy ounce is a traditional unit of gold weight. Troy weight is a system of units of mass that originated in 15th-century Kingdom of England [1] and is primarily used in the precious metals industry. The troy weight units are the grain, the pennyweight (24 grains), the troy ounce (20 pennyweights), and the troy pound (12 troy ounces).
A grain is a unit of measurement of mass, and in the troy weight, avoirdupois, and apothecaries' systems, equal to exactly 64.798 91 milligrams. It is nominally based upon the mass of a single ideal seed of a cereal. From the Bronze Age into the Renaissance, the average masses of wheat and barley grains were part of the legal definitions of ...
[1] [2] [3] The English version of the system is closely related to the English troy system of weights, the pound and grain being exactly the same in both. [4] It divides a pound into 12 ounces, an ounce into 8 drachms , and a drachm into 3 scruples of 20 grains each.
The Russian pound (Фунт, funt) is an obsolete Russian unit of measurement of mass. It is equal to 409.51718 g (14.445293 oz). [49] In 1899, the funt was the basic unit of weight, and all other units of weight were formed from it; in particular, a zolotnik was ⁄96 of a funt, and a pood was 40 fúnty.
A pennyweight (dwt) is a unit of mass equal to 24 grains, 20 of a troy ounce, 240 of a troy pound, approximately 0.054857 avoirdupois ounce [1] and exactly 1.55517384 grams. [2] It is abbreviated dwt, d standing for denarius – (an ancient Roman coin), and later used as the symbol of an old British penny (see £sd).
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