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