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AVOIRDUPOIS

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 66 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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AVOIRDUPOIS  , or AvERDUPOIS (from the

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French avoir de pois, goods of
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weight), the name of a
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system of weights used in
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Great
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Britain and
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America for all commodities except the
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precious metals, gems and medicines . The
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foundation of the system is the
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grain . A cubic
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inch of
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water weighs 252'458 grains . Of this grain 7000 now (see WEIGHTS AND
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MEASURES) make a
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pound avoirdupois . This pound is divided into 16 oz., and these ounces into 16 drachms . Avoirdupois Weight . Drachm, r6=
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ounce, 16=pound, r4=
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stone, 2=
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quarter, 4=
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hundred, 20=ton . 27'3 grains 437'5 7000 98,000 196,000 grs, 112 lb 2240 lb .

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