From: utzoo!decvax!cca!hplabs!menlo70!sytek!rob@sri-unix Newsgroups: net.trivia Title: What Is An OUNCE? Article-I.D.: sytek.168 Posted: Tue May 18 13:02:37 1982 Received: Thu May 20 02:31:04 1982 There are various units of weight and measure. The two (2) most common in the United States are the U. S. Customary System (fundamental units are *yards* and [avoirdupois] pounds) and the International Metric System (fundamental units are meters, kilograms, and seconds, i.e. MKS). The third most popular system is the British Imperial System not really used too much in the US. In answer to the TRIVIA question of "what is an ounce?" the following facts were found in "The American Heritage DICTIONARY Of The English Language, New College Editon", 1978, under "measurement". WEIGHT US CUSTOMARY METRIC APOTHECARY (Avoirdupois) (Troy) 1-grain 64.79891-milligrams 1-grain 1-dram = 27.344-gr 1.772-grams * * 3.888-grams 1-dram = 60-gr 1-ounce = 437.5-gr 28.350-grams * 1.097-ounces 31.103-grams 1-ounce = 480-gr 1-pound = 16-ounces 453.59237-grams * = 7000-grains 0.823-pounds 373.242-grams 1-pound = 12-ounces = 5760-grains Enjoy, Rob Cardoza at SYTEK(408) 734-9000