AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT 



213 



AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT 



16 drams , 



16 ounces 



14 pounds 



2 stones 



4 quarters 



20 hundredweights 



•0352 of an ounce 

 35-274 ounces . . 



ounce 



pound 



dram 



•204 pounds 

 stone 



quarter 



hundredweight 



01968 hundredweight 

 ton 



1 ounce (oz.). 



1 pound (lb.). 



1 stone (st.). 



1 quarter (qr.). 



1 hundredweight (ewt.). 



1 ton. 



•0625 of an ounce. 



•0039 of a pound, 



•0625 „ 



•00446 of a stone. 



28^35 grammes. 



1 gramme. 



1 kilogramme. 



•02835 of a kilogramme. 



256 grammes. 



•0714 of a stone. 



•035714 of a quarter. 



•00893 of a hundredweight. 



•454 of a kilogramme. 



1 kilogramme. 



224 ounces. 



•5 of a quarter. 



•125 of a hundredweight. 



28 pounds. 



448 ounces. 



•250 of a hundredweight, 



•0125 of a ton. 



112 pounds. 



1,792 ounces. 



•06 of a ton. 



50^8 kilogrammes. 



1 kilogramme. 



80 quarters. 



160 stones. 



2,240 pounds. 



METRIC SYSTEM. 



The metric system is based upon the " metre," which 

 was originally intended to be equal to the one ten- 

 millionth part of the distance from the pole to the equator. 



