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av. lbs. ; 1 quinta. = 89-05 av. lbs. ; 1 pe or foot, = 12£ 

 in. ; 1 mile = 1* mile ; 1 milree, or crown = $1*12 = 

 1000 rees ; 400 rees = 1 cruzado. 



Prussia. — 100 lbs* = 103-11 av. lbs.; 1 quintal, (110 

 lbs.) = 113-42 av. lbs. ; 1 foot = 1-03 feet ; 1 mile = 4-68 

 miles ; 1 thaler, #0*69 = 30 groschen ; 12 pfennigs = l 

 grosch. 



Rome.— 100 libras = 74-77 av. lbs. ; 1 foot = ll| in. 

 1 canna = 6£ feet ; 1 mile = 7| fur. 



Russia.— 100 lbs. = 90*26 av. lbs. ; 1 pood, (40 lbs.)= 

 36 lbs. ; 1 Russian pound = 32 loths = 96 zolotniks ; 1 

 verst, (mile) = 3500 Eng. feet = 5-3 fur. ; 1 inch = 1 

 English inch ; 1 foot (in general) = 1 Eng. foot ; 1 ruble, 

 (silver) = $0-78 = 100 copecks. Bank ruble = $0-223, 

 or nearly 22£ cents. 



Sicily. — 100 libras •= 70 av. lbs ; 1 cantaro grosso =■ 

 192*5 av. lbs. ; 1 cantaro sottile = 175 av. lbs. ; 1 palmo = 

 9£ in. ; 1 canna= 6| feet ; 1 oncia, (gold) = $2*40 = 30 

 tari ; 20 grani = 1 taro. 



Spain. — 1 quintal = 101*44 av. lbs. ; 1 arroba = 25*36 

 av. lbs.; 1 fanega = 1*6 bu. ; 1 foot = 11*128 in.; 1 

 league = 4*3 m. nearly ; 1 vara = 2*78 feet ; 20 rials = 

 $1 ; 16 quint os = 1 rial ; 2 maravedis = 1 quinto. 



Sweden. — 100 lbs. (victualie) = 73*76 av. lbs. ; 1 foot 

 = 11*69 in. ; 1 mile = 6-64 m. ; 1 ell = 1*95 feet. 



Smyrna. — 100 lbs. (1 quintal) = 129*48 av. lbs. 



Trieste. — 100 lbs. = 123-6 av. lbs. ; 1 foot Austrian = 

 1*037 feet ; 1 mile Austrian = 4*6 miles ; 1 florin, (silver) 

 = $0*485 ; 60 kreutzers = 1 florin. 



Venice — 1 peso grosso, (100 lbs.) = 105*18 av. lbs- ; 

 1 peso sottile = 64*42 av. lbs. ; 1 foot = 1*14 feet ; 1 li- 

 ra = 1 franc French = $0*186 ; 100 centesimi = 1 lira. 



A troy pound of fine silver is worth at the mint, $15*51,515. 



A troy pound of standard silver, (American) $13*86,615. 



A troy pound of fine gold, $248*27,586. 



A troy pound of standard gold, (American) $223*25,581. 



1 dwt. of fine gold, $1*034. 



1 dwt. of American native gold, usually, $0*95 to 1*01. 



„•; troy pound of platinum in bars, $90 to $100. 



A pound av. of copper, about $0-25 to 27 



A pound av. of tin, about $0 20. 

 A carat, see page 82. 



