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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 66 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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AVOIRDUPOIS , or AvERDUPOIS (from the See also:

French avoir de pois, goods of See also:weight), the name of a See also:system of weights used in See also:Great See also:Britain and See also:America for all commodities except the See also:precious metals, gems and medicines. The See also:foundation of the system is the See also:grain. A cubic See also:inch of See also:water weighs 252'458 grains. Of this grain 7000 now (see WEIGHTS AND See also:MEASURES) make a See also:pound avoirdupois. This pound is divided into 16 oz., and these ounces into 16 drachms. Avoirdupois Weight. Drachm, r6=See also:ounce, 16=pound, r4=See also:stone, 2=See also:quarter, 4=See also:hundred, 20=ton. 27'3 grains 437'5 7000 98,000 196,000 grs, 112 lb 2240 lb.

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