A military dictionary

by William Duane

The following examples will shew in what manner the proportion between the weights of any two given countries may be ascertained.

Examples.

It is required to reduce 100 marcs of Hamburgh into marcs of France.

The marc of Hamburgh weighing 3608 grains, and the marc of France 3780, according to the table prefixed, state the following equation:

100 marcs of Hamb. = x
1	marc of Hamb.	=	3608	grains
3780	grains	=	1	marc of France
Result 95,45 marcs of France.

Reduce 100 marcs of France into marcs of Hamburgh.

100 marcs of France = x
1	marc of France	=	3780	grains
3608	grains	=	1	marc of Hamb.
Result 104,76 marcs of Hamburgh.

TABLE OF AVOIRDUPOIS-WEIGHT,
Shewing the quantity of grains Troy-weight contained by each of the weights used in the sale of merchandize, and the relation of foreign weights to 100 pounds and 112 pounds Avoirdupois-weight.

Countries and Places.	Names of the Weights.	Contents of each weight ——		Equiv. to 100 pounds ——		Equiv. to 112 pounds ——
		Grains		num. 100		num. 100
Achem	catti	14675		47	,70	53	,42
Aix in France	pound	6310		110	,94	124	,25
Aix la Chapelle	pound	7235		96	,75	108	,26
Algiers	rotolo	8345		83	,89	93	,95
Aleppo	idem of 720 drams	35190		19	,89	22	,28
	idem of 700	34213		20	,46	22	,92
	idem of 680	33235		21	,06	23	,59
	idem of 600	29315		23	,87	26	,73
	idem of 400	19550		35	,81	40	,10
Alexandria	rotolo zauro	14579		48	,01	54	,77
	idem zaidino	9346		74	,90	83	,89
	idem forforo	6579		106	,40	119	,16
Alexandretta	mine	11663		60	,02	67	,22
Alicante	libra mayor	8004		87	,45	97	,95
	libra menor	5336		131	,18	146	,93
Altona	pound	7477		93	,62	104	,86
Amberg	pound	9257		75	,62	84	,70
Amsterdam	pound commercial weight	7625		91	,80	102	,82
	pound apothecary weight	5696		122	,88	137	,63
Ancona	pound	5183		135	,05	151	,26
Anspach	pound	7868		88	,97	99	,64
Antwerp	pound	7261		96	,40	107	,97
Archangel	pound	6314		110	,87	124	,18
Arragon	libra pensil	5326		131	,43	147	,20
Augsburgh	pfund frohngewicht	7580		92	,34	103	,42
	pfund kramgewicht	7295		95	,95	107	,46
Avignon	pound	6084		115	,05	128	,85
Bamberg	pound	7494		93	,41	104	,62
Barcelona	pound	6214		112	,65	126	,16
Basil or Basle	pound	7561		92	,58	103	,69
Batavia	catti	9450		74	,08	82	,96
Bautzen	pound	6690		104	,63	117	,18
Bayonne	livre	7561		92	,58	103	,69
Bayreuth	pound	7989		87	,63	98	,14
Beetlefakee	maund	11773		59	,46	66	,59
Bengal	factory maund			1	,34	1	,50
	bazar maund			1	,22	1	,36
Bergamo	pound peso forte	12581		55	,64	62	,31
	pound light weight	5033		139	,09	155	,78
Bergen	pound	7716		90	,72	101	,60
Bergen op Zoom	pound	7343		95	,33	106	,77
Berlin	pound	7233		96	,78	108	,40
Bern	pound	8068		86	,76	97	,18
Bilboa	pound	7561		92	,58	103	,69
Bois-le-Duc	pound	7196		97	,27	108	,95
Bologna	pound	5590		125	,21	140	,24
Bolzano	pound	7733		90	,52	101	,38
Bombay	maund			2	,63	2	,95
Bordeaux	pound city weight	7637		91	,66	102	,66
	pound poids de marc	7561		92	,58	103	,69
Bremen	pound	7700		90	,92	101	,83
Breslaw	pound	6256		111	,90	125	,33
Bruges	pound	7261		96	,40	107	,97
Brunswick	pound	7207		97	,13	108	,79
Brussels	pound	7261		96	,40	107	,97
Bussorah	maund seffi			1	,11	1	,24
	maund a tara			3	,51	3	,93
Cadiz	pound	7102		98	,57	110	,40
Cairo	rotolo	6665		105	,04	117	,64
Calais	pound heavy weight	7870		88	,95	99	,62
	pound light weight	6501		107	,67	120	,59
Calicut	maund			3	,33	3	,73
Canary Islands	pound	7094		98	,67	110	,52
Canea	rotolo heavy weight	8127		86	,13	96	,47
	rotolo light weight	5277		132	,64	148	,56
Canton	catti	8640		81	,	90	,72
Carthagena	pound	7102		98	,57	110	,40
Cassel	pound	4887		143	,23	160	,42
Castille	pound	7102		98	,57	110	,40
Cephalonia	pound	7384		94	,80	106	,18
Chambery	pound	6621		105	,72	118	,40
Civita Vecchia	pound	5267		132	,90	148	,85
Coburg	pound	7868		88	,97	99	,64
Cologne	pound	7225		96	,89	108	,52
Como	pound	4789		146	,18	163	,72
Constance	pound	7285		96	,08	107	,61
Constantinople	rotolo	8670		80	,74	90	,43
Copenhagen	pound	7716		90	,72	101	,60
Corfu	pound	7384		94	,80	106	,18
Coromandel	vis	23333		30	,	33	,59
Corsica	pound	5315		131	,70	147	,50
Corunna	pound	8877		78	,85	88	,31
Courtray	pound	6749		103	,58	116	,
Cracow	pound	6271		111	,63	125	,02
Cremona	pound	5060		138	,34	154	,94
Culmbach	pound	7989		87	,63	98	,14
Cyprus	rotolo	36710		19	,07	21	,36
Damascus	rotolo	27691		25	,28	28	,31
Dantzic	pound	6722		104	,15	116	,66
Denmark	pound	7716		90	,72	101	,60
Delft	pound	7625		91	,80	102	,82
Deventer	pound	7259		96	,42	108	,
Dieppe	pound	7630		91	,75	102	,76
Dixmude	pound	6639		105	,43	118	,09
Dordrecht	pound	7625		91	,80	102	,82
Dresden	pound	7211		97	,07	108	,72
Dublin	pound	7000		100	,	112	,
Dunkirk	pound	6615		105	,81	118	,52
Elbing	pound	6558		106	,74	119	,55
Elsinore	pound	7716		90	,72	101	,60
Embden	pound	7666		91	,31	102	,27
England	pound avoirdupois	7000		100	,	112	,
	pound apothecary weight	5760		121	,53	136	,11
Erfurt	pound	7285		96	,08	107	,61
Ferrara	pound	5237		133	,67	149	,71
Ferrol	pound	8877		78	,85	88	,31
Fez	rotolo	7259		96	,42	108	,
Flensburg	pound	7461		93	,82	105	,08
Florence	pound	5401		129	,60	145	,15
Forli	pound	5084		137	,69	154	,22
France	pound poids de marc	7561		92	,58	103	,69
	pound apothecary weight	5568		123	,51	138	,33
	kilogramme	15446	[17]	45	,32	50	,76
	hectogramme	1544	³⁄₅	453	,20	507	,60
Francfort on the Maine	pound heavy weight	7841		89	,28	100	,
	pound light weight	7210		97	,09	108	,74
Francfort on the Oder	pound	7232		96	,80	108	,42
Freyberg	pound	7210		97	,09	108	,74
Flushing	pound	7189		97	,37	109	,06
Gaeta	pound	4553		153	,75	172	,20
Galicia	pound	8877		78	,85	88	,31
Gallipoli	rotolo	6978		100	,31	112	,35
Gand	pound	7261		96	,40	107	,97
Geneva	pound heavy weight	8502		82	,34	92	,22
	pound light weight	7085		98	,70	110	,66
Genoa	Custom-House rotolo	8258		84	,77	94	,94
	rotolo peso di cassa	7506		93	,25	104	,45
	rotolo cantaro weight	7360		95	,11	106	,52
	pound peso grosso	4907		142	,65	159	,77
	pound peso sottile	4898		142	,92	160	,07
Germany	pound apothecary weight	5527		126	,64	141	,84
Gibraltar	pound	7215		97	,01	108	,55
	pound Cadiz weight	7102		98	,57	110	,40
Gottenburg	pound victualie weight	6563		106	,66	119	,46
	pound for weighing iron	5250		133	,33	149	,33
Grenada	pound heavy weight	7707		90	,82	101	,72
	pound light weight	6860		102	,05	114	,30
Groningen	pound	7552		92	,69	103	,81
Gueldres	pound	7205		97	,15	108	,81
Hamburg	pound commercial weight	7481		93	,57	104	,80
	pound Cologne weight	7224		96	,89	108	,52
Hanover	pound	7494		93	,40	104	,61
Harburg	pound	7494		93	,40	104	,61
Harlem	pound	7625		91	,80	102	,82
Havre de Grace	pound	8161		85	,77	96	,06
Hague	pound	7625		91	,80	102	,82
Heidelberg	pound	7788		89	,88	100	,67
Hildesheim	pound	7207		97	,13	108	,79
Japan	catti	9100		76	,92	86	,15
Java	catti	9247		75	,70	84	,79
Kiel	pound	7355		95	,17	106	,69
Kintzingen	pound	7868		88	,97	99	,64
Konigsberg	pound old weight	5869		119	,27	133	,58
	pound new weight	7233		96	,78	108	,50
Krems	pound	8743		80	,37	89	,67
Leghorn[18]	pound	5296		132	,17	148	,03
Leipsic	pound butchers’ weight	7772		90	,07	100	,88
	pound commercial weight	7207		97	,13	108	,79
	pound miners’ weight	6954		100	,66	112	,75
	pound for weighing steel	6718		104	,20	116	,70
Leyden	pound	7261		96	,40	107	,97
Liebau	pound	6378		109	,76	122	,92
Liege	pound	7331		95	,48	106	,94
Lindau	pound	7089		98	,74	110	,59
Lintz	pound	8743		80	,07	89	,67
Lisbon	pound	7085		98	,80	110	,66
Lisle	pound heavy weight	7164		97	,72	109	,44
	pound light weight	6615		105	,81	118	,52
London	pound avoirdupois	7000		100	,	112	,
Louvain	pound	7261		96	,40	107	,97
Lubec	pound	7461		93	,86	105	,08
Lucca	pound commercial weight	5745		121	,84	136	,45
	pound for weighing silk	5150		135	,93	152	,24
Lucern	pound	7707		90	,82	101	,72
Lunenburg	pound	7494		93	,40	104	,61
Lyons	pound for weighing silk	7088		98	,77	110	,62
	pound city weight	6615		105	,81	118	,52
Madeira	pound	6725		104	,10	116	,59
Madras	maund			4	,	4	,48
Madrid	pound	7102		98	,57	110	,40
Magdeburg	pound	7232		96	,80	108	,42
Mahon	pound	6865		101	,97	114	,21
Majorca	rotolo	6486		107	,92	120	,87
Malabar	vis	23333		30	,	33	,59
Malacca	vis	9450		74	,08	82	,96
Malaga	pound	7102		98	,57	110	,40
Malta	rotolo	11901		58	,82	65	,88
Manheim	pound	7639		91	,63	102	,63
Mantua	pound	5083		137	,71	154	,24
Marseilles	pound poids de table	6203		112	,85	126	,39
Masulipatam	seer	4293		163	,05	182	,62
Mecca	rotolo	7144		97	,98	109	,74
Medina	rotolo	7144		97	,98	109	,74
Memel	pound	6378		109	,76	122	,92
Memmingen	pound	7903		88	,57	99	,20
Messina	pound of twelve ounces	4903		142	,77	175	,34
	rotolo of thirty ounces	12257		57	,11	63	,96
	rotolo of thirty-three ounces	13483		51	,92	58	,15
Middleburg	pound	7225		96	,89	108	,52
Milan	pound heavy weight	11807		59	,29	66	,40
	pound light weight	5060		138	,34	154	,94
Minorca	libra mayor	18480		37	,88	42	,43
	libra menor	6160		113	,65	127	,28
Mocha	maund	21000		33	,33	37	,33
Modena	pound	4971		140	,82	157	,71
Monaco	pound	5113		136	,89	153	,32
Montpellier	pound	6282		111	,42	124	,89
Morea	pound commercial weight	6168		113	,49	127	,10
	pound for weighing silk	7710		90	,79	101	,68
	oke	18463		37	,92	42	,47
Morocco	pound of Castille	7102		98	,57	110	,40
Morlaix	pound	7561		92	,58	103	,69
Muscovy	pound	6314		110	,87	124	,18
Munich	pound	8657		80	,86	90	,57
Munster	pound	7355		95	,17	106	,60
Namur	pound	7261		96	,40	107	,97
Nancy	pound	7561		92	,58	103	,69
Nantes	pound	7561		92	,58	103	,69
Naples	pound	4954		141	,30	158	,26
	rotolo	13761		50	,87	56	,97
Narva	pound	7225		96	,89	108	,52
Navarre	pound of Castille	7102		98	,57	110	,40
Naumburg	pound	7207		97	,13	108	,79
Negroponti	rotolo	8261		84	,73	94	,90
Neufchatel	pound	8029		87	,18	97	,64
Neustadt	pound	7868		88	,97	99	,64
Nice	pound	4786		146	,25	163	,80
Nimeguen	pound	7639		91	,63	102	,63
Nordlingen	pound	7566		92	,52	103	,62
Norway	pound	7716		90	,72	101	,60
Novi	pound	5113		136	,89	153	,32
Nuremberg	pound	7868		88	,97	99	,64
Oporto	pound Lisbon weight	7085		98	,80	110	,66
	pound according to Kruse	6646		105	,33	117	,97
Oran	rotolo	7776		90	,02	100	,83
Orient	pound	7561		92	,58	103	,69
Ormus	seer	4676		149	,70	167	,67
Osnaburg	pound	7625		91	,80	102	,82
Ostend	pound	7261		96	,40	107	,97
Oudenard	pound	6758		103	,58	116	,
Oviedo	pound of Asturias	10653		65	,71	73	,60
	pound of Castille	7102		98	,57	110	,40
Paderborn	pound	7355		95	,17	106	,60
Padua	pound	5157		135	,75	152	,04
Palermo	pound of 12 ounces	4903		142	,77	175	,34
	rotolo of 30 ounces	12257		57	,11	63	,96
	rotolo of 33 ounces	13483		51	,92	58	,15
Paris	pound poids de marc	7561		92	,58	103	,69
Parma	pound	5234		133	,75	149	,80
Passau	pound	7414		94	,41	105	,74
Patras	pound commercial weight	6168		113	,49	127	,10
	pound for weighing silk	7710		90	,79	101	,68
Pegu	vis	23333		30	,	33	,59
Pernau	pound	6431		108	,85	121	,91
Piedmont	pound	5749		121	,77	139	,39
Pisa	pound	5028		139	,21	155	,92
Placenza	pound	4980		140	,56	157	,43
Pondicherry	vis	22683		30	,86	34	,56
Portugal	pound	7085		98	,80	110	,66
Posen	pound	6158		113	,87	127	,53
Prague	pound	7929		88	,28	98	,88
Presburg	pound	8616		81	,24	91	,
Ragusa	pound	5607		124	,84	139	,82
Ratisbon	pound	8777		79	,75	89	,32
Ravenna	pound	4623		151	,41	169	,58
Reggio	pound	5093		137	,45	153	,95
Revel	pound	6646		105	,33	117	,97
Rhodes	rotolo	36922		18	,96	21	,24
Riga	pound	6454		108	,40	121	,48
Rochelle	pound	7561		92	,58	103	,69
Rome	pound Roman	5239		133	,61	149	,65
	pound public scale	5344		131	,	146	,71
Rostock	pound	7888		88	,75	99	,40
Rotenburg	pound	7868		88	,97	99	,64
Rotterdam	pound heavy weight	7625		91	,80	102	,82
	pound light weight	7261		96	,40	107	,97
Rouen	pound poids de marc	7561		92	,58	103	,69
	pound poids de vicomté	8015		87	,34	97	,82
Roveredo	pound	5257		133	,15	149	,13
Russia	pound	6314		110	,87	124	,18
St. Ander	pound	7102		98	,57	110	,40
St. Croix	pound	7716		90	,72	101	,60
St. Eustatia	pound	7625		91	,80	102	,82
St. Gall	pound heavy weight	9823		77	,58	86	,89
	pound light weight	7179		97	,51	109	,21
St. Lucar	pound	7102		98	,57	110	,40
St. Malo	pound	7561		92	,58	103	,69
St. Petersburg	pound	6314		110	,87	124	,18
St. Sebastian	pound	7524		93	,04	104	,20
Sallee	pound	7215		97	,01	108	,66
Saltzburg	pound	8643		81	,	90	,71
Saragossa	pound of 12 ounces	5326		131	,43	147	,20
Sardinia	pound	6188		113	,12	126	,69
Sayd	rotolo of Acre	36776		19	,04	21	,32
	rotolo of Damascus	28755		24	,34	27	,27
Schafhausen	pound	7094		98	,68	110	,52
Schweinfurt	pound	7868		88	,97	99	,64
Scio	rotolo	7647		91	,54	102	,52
Scotland	pound old weight	7616		91	,91	102	,94
	pound new weight	7000		100	,	112	,
Seville	pound	7102		98	,57	110	,40
Siam	catti	9030		77	,52	86	,82
Sicily	pound of 12 ounces	4903		142	,77	175	,34
	rotolo of 30 ounces	12257		57	,11	63	,96
	rotolo of 33 ounces	13483		51	,92	58	,15
Sienna	pound	6905		101	,38	113	,55
Smyrna	oke	19420		36	,05	40	,37
	rotolo	8739		80	,10	89	,71
Spain	pound of 16 ounces	7102		98	,57	110	,40
Stade	pound	7333		95	,46	106	,92
Stettin	pound	7232		96	,80	108	,42
Stralsund	pound	7461		93	,82	105	,08
Strasburg	pound heavy weight	7557		92	,63	103	,75
	pound light weight	7277		96	,19	107	,74
Sweden	pound victualie weight	6563		106	,66	119	,46
	pound miners’ weight	5802		120	,65	135	,12
	pound cities weight	5526		126	,68	141	,88
	pound for weighing iron	5250		133	,33	149	,33
	pound apothecary weight	5501		127	,26	142	,53
Sumatra	catti	19684		35	,56	39	,83
Surat	seer	6556		106	,78	119	,60
Surinam	pound	7625		91	,80	102	,82
Syracuse	pound	5044		138	,78	155	,44
Syria	mina	9117		76	,78	85	,99
Tangier	rotolo	7426		94	,27	105	,58
Teneriffe	pound of Castille	7102		98	,57	110	,40
Tetuan	rotolo	10945		63	,96	71	,63
Thorn	pound	6502		107	,66	120	,58
Toulon	pound	6633		105	,54	118	,20
Toulouse	pound	6418		109	,07	122	,15
Tournai	pound	6721		104	,15	116	,65
Treves	pound heavy weight	7975		87	,77	98	,31
	pound light weight	5247		133	,41	149	,42
Trieste	pound Vienna weight	8650		80	,92	90	,64
	pound Venice great weight	7384		94	,80	106	,18
	pound Venice small weight	4673		149	,80	167	,78
Tripoli in Barbary	rotolo	7850		89	,17	99	,87
Tripoli in Syria	rotolo	28037		24	,97	27	,96
	oke	18692		37	,45	41	,94
Tunis	rotolo	7661		91	,37	102	,34
Turin	pound	5696		122	,89	137	,63
Valencia	pound of 12 oz.	5498		127	,32	142	,60
	pound of 16 oz.	7331		95	,48	106	,94
	pound of 18 oz.	8247		84	,88	95	,07
Valenciennes	pound	7259		96	,43	108	,
Venice	pound great weight	7384		94	,80	106	,18
	pound small weight	4673		149	,80	167	,78
Verona	pound great weight	7677		91	,18	102	,12
	pound small weight	5136		136	,30	152	,65
Vicenza	pound great weight	7523		93	,05	104	,21
	pound small weight	5247		133	,41	149	,42
Vienna	pound	8650		80	,92	90	,64
Ulm	pound	7234		96	,76	108	,37
United States of America	pound	7000		100	,	112	,
Warsaw	pound	5853		119	,60	133	,95
Wismar	pound	7471		93	,70	104	,94
Windaw	pound	6377		109	,76	122	,23
Wirtemberg	pound	7225		96	,89	108	,52
Wurtzburg	pound	7362		95	,08	106	,49
Ypres	pound	6646		105	,33	117	,97
Zante	pound	7384		94	,80	106	,18
Zealand	pound	7172		97	,60	109	,32
Zell	pound	7494		93	,40	104	,61
Zittau	pound	7221		96	,94	108	,57
Zurich	pound heavy weight	8138		86	,01	96	,33
	pound light weight	7234		96	,76	108	,37
Zutphen	pound	7259		96	,43	108	,
Zwoll	pound	7439		94	,10	105	,39

[17] The gramme, or the unit of French weights, is therefore equivalent to 15,446 grains troy-weight.