Avoirdupois in United States
Avoirdupois Definition
The name of a weight. This kind of weight is so named, in distinction from the Troy weight. One pound avordupois contains seven thousand grains Troy; that is, fourteen ounces, eleven pennyweights and sixteen grains Troy; a pound avoirdupois contains sixteen ounces; and an ounce, sixteen drachms. Thirty-two cubic feet of pure spring water, at the temperature of fifty-six degrees of Fahrenheit’s thermometer, make a ton of two thousand pounds avoirdupois, or two thousand two hundred and forty pounds net weight. Dane, Abr. c. 211, art 12, § 6. The avpirdupois ounce is less than the Troy ounce in the proportion of 72 to 79, though the pound is greater. Enc. Amer. “Avoirdupois.” For the derivation of this phrase, see Barr. Obs. St. 206. See the Report of Secretary of State of the United States to the Senate, February 22, 1821, pp. 44, 72, 76, 79, 81, 87, for a learned exposition of the whole subject.
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The name of a weight. This kind of weight is so named, in distinction from the Troy weight. One pound avordupois contains seven thousand grains Troy; that is, fourteen ounces, eleven pennyweights and sixteen grains Troy; a pound avoirdupois contains sixteen ounces; and an ounce, sixteen drachms. Thirty-two cubic feet of pure spring water, at the temperature of fifty-six degrees of Fahrenheit’s thermometer, make a ton of two thousand pounds avoirdupois, or two thousand two hundred and forty pounds net weight. Dane, Abr. c. 211, art 12, § 6. The avpirdupois ounce is less than the Troy ounce in the proportion of 72 to 79, though the pound is greater. Enc. Amer. “Avoirdupois.” For the derivation of this phrase, see Barr. Obs. St. 206. See the Report of Secretary of State of the United States to the Senate, February 22, 1821, pp. 44, 72, 76, 79, 81, 87, for a learned exposition of the whole subject.
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