WEIGHT. 
Tlie dealers in wool have likewise a parti- 
cular set of weights : viz. the sack, weigh, 
tod, stone, and clove ; the proportions of 
which are as below ; viz. 
The sack containing 2 weighs. 
The weigh fii tods. 
The tod 2 stones. 
The stone 2 cloves. 
The clove 7 pounds. 
ENGLISH Weights. 
Troy Weight. 
lb. oz. drms. scruples, grains. grammes. 
1 = 12 = 96 = 283 = 6760 = 372.96 
1 = 8 == 24 = 480 = 31.08 
1 = 3 = 60 = 3.885 
1 = 20 = 1 .39,5 
1 = 0.064-75 
Avoirdupois Weight. 
But these weights differ in almost every 
county where dealings in wool are carried 
on largely. 
Also 12 sacks make a last, or 4368 pounds. 
Further, 
56 lb. of old hay, or 60 lb. new hay, make 
a truss. See Truss. 
In order to show the proportion of the 
several weights used throughout Europe, 
we shall add a reduction of them to one 
standard, viz. the London and Amsterdam 
pound. 
1. Proportion of the weights of the prin- 
cipal places of Europe. 
The 100 lb. of England, Scotland, and 
Ireland, are equal to 
lb. oz. 
■ 91 8 of Amsterdam, Paris, &c. 
96 8 of Antwerp or Brabant. 
88 0 of Rouen, the viscounty weight. 
106 0 of Lyons, the city weight. 
90 9 of Rochelle. 
107 11 of Toulouse and Upper Langue- 
doc. 
113 0 of Marseilles or Provence. 
81 7 of Geneva. 
93 5 of Hamburgh. 
89 7 of Francfort, &c. 
96 1 of Leipsick, &c. 
137 4 of Genoa. 
132 11 of Leghorn. 
153 11 of Milan. 
152 0 of Venice. 
154 10 of Naples. 
97 0 of Seville, Cadiz, See. 
104 13 of Portugal. 
96 5 of Liege. 
112 I of Russia. 
107 ^ of Sweden. 
89 t of Denmark. 
AFe shall now shqw the correspondence 
between English weights and some modern 
weights in France and other countries, 
which will be very useful in reading works 
on statistics and chemistry, as well mo- 
dern as tliose that ha<e been long pub- 
lished, and become standard books. 
Ib. oz. drms. grains. grammes. 
1 = 16 = 256 =: 7000 = 453.25 
1 = 16 = 437.5 =: 28.32 
1 = 37,975 = 1.81 
Correspondence of English weights with those 
used in France before the revolution. 
The Paris pound, poids de marc of Char- 
leniagne, contains 9216 Paris grains: it is 
divided into 16 ounces, each ounce into 3 
gros, and each gros into 72 grains. It is 
equal to 7561 English troy grains . 
The English tioy pound of 12 ounces 
contains 5760 English troy grains, and is 
equal to 702 Paris grains. 
The English avoirdupois pound of 16 
ounces contains 7000 English troy grains, 
and is equal to 8538 Paris grains. 
To reduce Paris grains to En-A 
glish troy grains, divide by ( 
To reduce English troy grains ( 
to Paris grains, multiply by . 
To reduce Paris ounces to En-n 
glish troy, divide by / 
To reduce English troy ounces ( 
to Paris, multiply by J 
Or the conversion may be made by means 
of the following tables. 
1. To reduce French to English troy weight. 
The Paris pound =: 7561 A _ 
The ounce z=: 472.5624 ( 
The gros = 59.0703 f ‘^i’ns 
The grain ~ .8204 ' ^ 
2. To reduce English troy to Paris weight. 
\ 
1.2189 
■ 1.015734 
29.2541/ 
The English troy pound ? 
of 12 ounces J 7021. 
The troy ounce = 585.0893 
The dram of 60 grains. .. = 73.1354 
The pennyweight, orde- > _ 
nier, of 24 grains j 
The scruple of 20 grains = 24.37841’ 
The grain ~ 1 . 218 ^ 
o. To reduce English avoird. to Paris iveight. 
The avoirdupois pound 5 
of 16ounces,or7000 5- = 8538, / 
troy grains j f -S 
The ounce 
533,6250 
