12 avoirdupois ounces instead of the troy pound. To allow effective use of the new system, new weight pieces were produced. Since an avoirdupois ounce...
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surveying purposes. This gave rise to the US survey foot, for instance. The avoirdupois units of mass and weight differ for units larger than a pound (lb). The...
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systems for mass and weight. troy weight, used for precious metals; avoirdupois weight, used for most other purposes; and apothecaries' weight, now virtually...
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in France, the myriagramme (10 kg) was the metric replacement for an avoirdupois unit, the quartier (25 pounds). Isaac Asimov's novel Foundation and Empire...
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continued alone and created the foundations of what is now called the Système International d'Unités and is the measurement system for most of the world...
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