Comparison of Weights

TABLE

1 pound avoirdupois=7000grains
1 ounce avoirdupois=43712grains
1 pound Troy, or apothecary=5760grains
1 ounce Troy, or apothecary=480grains

CIRCULAR MEASURES

Circular or Angular Measures are used in surveying, navigation, astronomy, geography, reckoning latitude and longitude, and computing differences in time.

A Circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, every point of which is equally distant from a point within, called the center.

The Circumference is the bounding line of a circle.

The Radius of a circle is a straight line drawn from the circumference to the center.

The Diameter is a straight line drawn through the center, with the ends terminating in the circumference.