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- From: barth@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (barth.richards)
- Subject: Re: Gravity
- Organization: AT&T
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 20:28:16 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.202816.24263@cbnewsd.cb.att.com>
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- In article <1992Dec21.091436.21262@netcom.com> obrien@netcom.com (Robert
- O'Brien) writes:
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- >crosby@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (Matthew Crosby) writes:
- >> system@codewks.nacjack.gen.nz (Wayne McDougall) writes:
- >>>ObFACT: A pound of feathers weighs more than a pound of gold.
- >>>
- >>I thought this only applied to ounces? (ie: there is no troy pound)
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- >Sorry, Matt, Troy weight is *based* on the Troy pound, which has only
- >twelve ounces. I can't remember if the ounces are the same as the
- >Avoird'whatever ounces we use around here - anybody know?
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- Avoirdupois:
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- 1 ounce = 28.350 grams
- 1 pound (16 ounces) = 453.6 grams
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- Troy:
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- 1 ounce = 31.103 grams
- 1 pound (12 ounces) = 373.236 grams
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