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Coins of one euro (7.5 grams), [63] one U.S. dollar (8.1 grams) [64] and one Canadian loonie (7 grams [pre-2012], 6.27 grams [2012-]) [65] 10 −2 decagram (dag) 1.2 × 10 −2 kg Mass of one mole (6.02214 × 10 23 atoms) of carbon-12 (12 grams) 1.37 × 10 −2 kg Amount of ethanol defined as one standard drink in the U.S. (13.7 grams) [66] 2 ...
Avoirdupois is a system of mass based on a pound of 16 ounces, while Troy weight is the system of mass where 12 troy ounces equals one troy pound. The symbol g 0 is used to denote standard gravity in order to avoid confusion with the (upright) g symbol for gram.
Vermilion (1706): "3 to 4 hundred weight" (i.e. 336-448 pounds) Camphor (1858): "130 Dutch lbs" In Newfoundland , Canada, a tub of coal was defined as 100 pounds, while a tub of herrings was 16 Imperial gallons and a tub of salt was 18 Imperial gallons.
The pound avoirdupois, which forms the basis of the U.S. customary system of mass, is defined as exactly 453.59237 grams by agreement between the U.S., the United Kingdom, and other English-speaking countries in 1959. Other units of mass are defined in terms of it.
In grams: 1 000 000 grams (g) or 1 megagram (Mg). Megagram is the corresponding official SI unit with the same mass. Mg is distinct from mg, milligram. In pounds: Exactly 1000 / 0.453 592 37 pounds (lb) by definition of the pound, [17] or approximately 2 204.622 622 lb. [18]
One slug is a mass equal to 32.17405 lb (14.59390 kg) based on standard gravity, the international foot, and the avoirdupois pound. [3] In other words, at the Earth's surface (in standard gravity), an object with a mass of 1 slug weighs approximately 32.17405 lbf or 143.1173 N. [ 4 ] [ 5 ]
A pennyweight (dwt) is a unit of mass equal to 24 grains, 1 ⁄ 20 of a troy ounce, 1 ⁄ 240 of a troy pound, approximately 0.054857 avoirdupois ounce [1] and exactly 1.55517384 grams. [2] It is abbreviated dwt, d standing for denarius – (an ancient Roman coin), and later used as the symbol of an old British penny (see £sd).
The catty is traditionally equivalent to around 1 + 1 ⁄ 3 pound avoirdupois, formalised as 604.78982 grams in Hong Kong, [1] 604.5 grams historically in Vietnam, [2] 604.79 grams in Malaysia [3] and 604.8 grams in Singapore. [4] In some countries, the weight has been rounded to 600 grams (Taiwan, [5] Japan, Korea [6] and Thailand).