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Encyclopedia Britannica



AVOIRDUPOIS

This article appears in Volume V03, Page 66 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: AUD-BAI
AVOIRDUPOIS , or AvERDUPOIS (from the French avoir de pois, goods of
weight
 ), the name of a
system
  of weights used in
Great
  Britain and America for all commodities except the
precious
  metals, gems and medicines. The
foundation
  of the
system
  is the
grain
 . A cubic inch of water weighs 252'458 grains. Of this
grain
  7000 now (see WEIGHTS AND
MEASURES
 ) make a
pound
  avoirdupois. This
pound
  is divided into 16 oz., and these ounces into 16 drachms.
Avoirdupois
Weight
 .
Drachm, r6=ounce, 16=pound, r4=stone, 2=
quarter
 , 4=hundred, 20=ton. 27'3 grains 437'5 7000 98,000 196,000 grs, 112 lb 2240 lb.


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