AVOIKDUPOIS WEIGHT 



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AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT 



16 drams = 1 ounce (oz.). 



16 ounces = 1 pound (lb.). 



14 pounds = 1 stone (st.). 



2 stones = 1 quarter (qr.). 



4 quarters = 1 hundredweight (cwt.). 



20 hundredweights = 1 ton. 



1 dram = -0625 of an ounce. 



I = -0039 of a pound. 



1 ounce = -0625 



1 = -00446 of a stone. 



1 = 28-35 grammes. 



0352 of an ounce = 1 gramme. 



35-274 ounces = 1 kilogramme. 



1 ounce = -02835 of a kilogramme. 



1 pound = 256 grammes. 



1 = -0714 of a stone. 



1 = -035714 of a quarter. 



1 = -00893of a hundredweight. 



1 = -454 of a kilogramme. 



2-204 pounds = 1 kilogramme. 



1 stone = 224 ounces. 



1 = -5 of a quarter. 



1 = -125 of a hundredweight. 



1 quarter = 28 pounds. 



1 = 448 ounces. 



1 = -250 of a hundredweight. 



1 = -0125 of a ton. 



1 hundredweight = 112 pounds. 



1 = 1,792 ounces. 



1 = -05 of a ton. 



1 == 50-8 kilogrammes. 



01968 hundredweight = 1 kilogramme. 



1 ton = 80 quarters. 



1 = 160 stones. 



1 = 2,240 pounds. 



METEIC 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. 



