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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Catbert, post: 488334, member: 12718&quot;]The <b>troy pound (troy)</b> is 5,760 gr (≈ 373.24 g, 12 ozt), while an avoirdupois pound is heavier at 7,000 gr (≈ 453.59 g).</p><p>There are 12 troy ounces per troy pound,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy_weight#cite_note-dictionary.com-1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy_weight#cite_note-dictionary.com-1" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0000ff">[2]</span></a> rather than 16 avoirdupois <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ounce" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ounce" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0000ff">ounces (oz)</span></a> in the avoirdupois <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pound_(weight)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pound_(weight)" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0000ff">pound (lb)</span></a> as in the more common avoirdupois system. The avoirdupois pound is 147⁄12 (≈ 14.583) troy ounces.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The <b>avoirdupois</b> (IPA: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English" rel="nofollow"><font face="Arial Unicode MS"><span style="color: #002bb8">/ˌævərdəˈpɔɪz/</span></font></a>; French IPA: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA" rel="nofollow"><font face="Arial Unicode MS"><span style="color: #002bb8">[avwaʀdypwɑ]</span></font></a>) system is a system of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Units_of_measurement" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Units_of_measurement" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #002bb8">weights</span></a> (or, properly, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #002bb8">mass</span></a>) based on a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pound_(mass)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pound_(mass)" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #002bb8">pound</span></a> of sixteen <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ounce" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ounce" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #002bb8">ounces</span></a>. It is the everyday system of weight used in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #002bb8">United States</span></a>.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy_weight" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy_weight" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy_weight</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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