Table Of Troy-Weight,

Shewing the quantity of grains Troy-Weight contained by each of the weights used in the trade of precious metals, and the relation of foreign weights to 100 pounds Troy-Weight. | Countries and Places. | Names of the Weights. | Contents of each weight —— | Equiv. to 100 pounds —— | | grains | num. 100 | | Amsterdam | | marc | 3798 | | 151 |,66 | | Antwerp | | marc | 3798 | | 151 |,66 | | Augsburgh | | marc | 3043 | | 158 |,09 | | Basil | | marc | 3612 | | 159 |,46 | | Berlin | | marc | 3616 | | 159 |,30 | | Bern | | marc | 3813 | | 151 |,06 | | Bombay | | tola | 178 | ¹⁄₄ | 3231 |,25 | | Bonn | | marc | 3609 | | 159 |,62 | | Botzen | | marc | 4330 | | 133 |,04 | | Bremen | | marc | 3612 | | 159 |,46 | | Breslaw | | marc | 3016 | | 199 |,99 | | Brunswick | | marc | 3603 | | 159 |,85 | | Bru els | | marc | 3798 | | 151 |,66 | | Cairo | | rotolo | 6887 | | 83 |,64 | | China | | tale | 579 | | 994 |,81 | | Cologne | | marc | 3612 | | 159 |,46 | | Constantinople | | cheky | 4926 | | 116 |,93 | | Copenhagen | | marc | 3641 | | 158 |,19 | | Coromandel | | seer | 4293 | | 134 |,16 | | Cracow | | marc | 3069 | | 187 |,68 | | Damascus | | rotolo | 34432 | | 16 |,73 | | Dantzic | | marc | 3605 | ¹⁄₂ | 159 |,75 | | Dresden | | marc | 3605 | ¹⁄₂ | 159 |,75 | | England | - | | | pound | 5760 | | 100 |,00 | | ounce | 480 | | 1200 |,00 | | Florence | | pound | 5244 | | 109 |,84 | | France | - | | | marc | 3780 | | 152 |,33 | | kilogramme | 15446 | | 37 |,29 | | Franc fort | | marc | 3612 | | 159 |,46 | | Geneva | | marc | 3787 | ³⁄₄ | 152 |,07 | | Genoa | | pound | 4897 | ²⁄₃ | 117 |,61 | | Hamburgh | | marc | 3608 | | 159 |,64 | | Hanover | | marc | 3608 | | 159 |,64 | | Holland | | marc | 3798 | | 151 |,66 | | Japan | | tale | 580 | ⁵⁄₈ | 992 |,02 | | Konigsberg | - | | | marc | 3023 | | 190 |,52 | | idem Berlin weight | 3616 | | 159 |,30 | | Leghorn | | pound | 5244 | | 109 |,84 | | Leipsic | | marc | 3606 | | 159 |,75 | | Liege | | marc | 3800 | | 151 |,58 | | Lubec | | marc | 3608 | | 159 |,64 | | Magdeburg | | marc | 3607 | | 159 |,68 | | Malabar | | seer | 4293 | | 134 |,16 | | Manheim | | marc | 3611 | | 159 |,49 | | Milan | | marc | 3631 | | 158 |,63 | | Munich | | marc | 3612 | | 159 |,46 | | Naples | | pound | 4954 | | 116 |,27 | | Nuremberg | | marc | 3688 | | 156 |,19 | | Pegu | | tical | 237 | ¹⁄₄ | 2427 |,80 | | Persia | | mitigal | 71 | ³⁄₄ | 8027 |,90 | | Pisa | | pound | 5237 | | 110 |,00 | | Pond i cherry | | seer | 4293 | | 134 |,16 | | Portugal | | marc | 3542 | ¹⁄₂ | 162 |,60 | | Prague | | marc | 3916 | | 147 |,08 | | Ratisbon | | marc | 3800 | | 151 |,58 | | Riga | | marc | 3227 | | 178 |,50 | | Rome | | pound | 5239 | | 109 |,95 | | Ru ia | | pound | 6314 | | 91 |,23 | | Sienna | | pound | 5179 | | 111 |,22 | | Spain | | marc | 3551 | | 162 |,21 | | Sweden | | marc | 3252 | | 177 |,12 | | Surat | | tola | 187 | ¹⁄₂ | 3066 |,35 | | Tripoli | | mitical | 73 | ³⁄₄ | 7810 |,16 | | Tunis | | ounce | 486 | ¹⁄₂ | 1183 |,96 | | Turin | | marc | 3799 | | 151 |,62 | | Venice | - | | | marc | 3686 | | 156 |,26 | | ounce | 460 | ³⁄₄ | 1250 |,12 | | Vienna | | marc | 4333 | | 132 |,93 | | Warsaw | | marc | 3114 | | 184 |,97 | | Wilna | | marc | 3006 | | 191 |,62 | | Wirtemburg | | marc | 3612 | | 159 |,46 | | Zurich | | marc | 3615 | | 159 |,34 | The following examples will shew in what manner the proportion between the weights of any two given countries may be ascertained. Examples. It is required to reduce 100 marcs of Hamburgh into marcs of France. The marc of Hamburgh weighing 3608 grains, and the marc of France 3780, according to the table prefixed, state the following equation: | 100 marcs of Hamb. = x | | 1 | marc of Hamb. | = | 3608 | grains | | 3780 | grains | = | 1 | marc of France | | Result 95,45 marcs of France. | Reduce 100 marcs of France into marcs of Hamburgh. | 100 marcs of France = x | | 1 | marc of France | = | 3780 | grains | | 3608 | grains | = | 1 | marc of Hamb. | | Result 104,76 marcs of Hamburgh. |