- The
troy weight units are the grain, the
pennyweight (24 grains), the
troy ounce (20 pennyweights), and the
troy pound (12
troy ounces). The
troy grain...
- A
grain is a unit of
measurement of m****, and in the
troy weight, avoirdupois, and apothecaries' systems,
equal to
exactly 64.79891 milligrams. It is...
-
pound used for
weights, and the
obsolete tower, merchants' and
London pounds. The
troy pound and
ounce remain in use only for the
weight of
precious metals...
-
Troy or
troy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Troy was a
legendary city
described in Homer's Iliad.
Troy may also
refer to:
Troy (given name)
Troy...
- When
Troy weights replaced Tower weights in 1527, the
Troy weights were
defined in such a way that the old
Tower pound came out to
exactly 5,400
Troy grains...
-
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. It divides...
- of the
Troy pound 1495 12 Hen. 7. c. 5 — New
Exchequer standards were constructed,
including Winchester capacity measures defined by
Troy weight of their...
- apothecaries',
troy, avoirdupois, and metric. Of these, the
avoirdupois weight is the most
common system used in the U.S.,
although Troy weight is
still used...
- used
three different weight systems:
troy weight for
precious metals, apothecaries'
weight for
medicines and
avoirdupois weight for
almost all
other purposes...
-
Queen Elizabeth increased the
weight of the
avoirdupois pound to 7000
grains and
added the
troy grain to the
avoirdupois weight system.
Prior to 1588, the...
