MEASURES OF WEIGHT.
AVOIRDUPOIS = METRIC WEIGHTS.
| Avoirdupois. | Grammes. | Decagrammes. | Kilogrammes. | Millier (Ton). |
| 1 drachm | 1.77184 | |||
| 1 ounce (16 drachms) | 28.34954 | 2.83495 | ||
| 1 pound (16 ounces) | 453.59256 | 45.35926 | 0.45359 | |
| 1 hundredweight | 45.3552 | |||
| 1 ton (20 cwt.) | 907.1040 | 0.9071 |
| Ton. | Hundredweight. | Pounds. | Ounces. | Drachms. | ||||
| 1 | = | 20 | = | 2000 | = | 32,000 | = | 522,000 |
| 1 | = | 100 | = | 1,600 | = | 25,600 | ||
| 1 | = | 16 | = | 256 | ||||
| 1 | = | 16 |
TROY = METRIC WEIGHTS.
| Troy Weights. | Equivalents in Metric Denominations. | ||||
| Milli- gramme. | Gramme. | Deca- gramme. | Hecto- gramme. | Kilo- gramme. | |
| 1 Troy grain | 64.79895 | 0.06480 | |||
| 1 pennyweight | 1.55517 | ||||
| 1 ounce | 31.10349 | 3.11035 | |||
| 1 pound | 373.24195 | 37.32491 | 3.73249 | 0.37324 | |
| 1 lb. | = | 12 | oz. | = | 240 | dwts. | = | 5760 | grs. |
| 1 | " | = | 20 | " | = | 480 | " | ||
| 1 | " | = | 24 | " |