| 单词 | avoirdupois weight |
| 例句 | The precious metals, gold, silver, and platinum, are sold by the Troy ounce: the base metals are all handled and dealt with on avoirdupois weights. The Business of Mining A brief non-technical exposition of the principles involved in the profitable operation of mines 2012-02-18T03:00:17.387Z Most people give gratitude in grains for whole ounces of avoirdupois weight; what a grateful soul yours is, Miss Lambert.' Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z The following tabular statement exhibits the actual avoirdupois weight of our equipments—a fair average being taken, some being more and some less than the estimate. lb. oz. Our campaign around Gettysburg Being a memorial of what was endured, suffered and accomplished by the Twenty-third regiment (N. Y. S. N. G.) and other regiments associated with them, in their Pennsylvania and Maryland campaign, during the second rebel invasion of the loyal states in June-July, 1863 Cayenne pepper, one drachm, avoirdupois weight.Soy, two table-spoonfuls.Walnut catchup, four ditto.Six anchovies chopped.A small clove of garlic, minced fine. The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual One felt that each had measured the other by avoirdupois weight, and had found the balance even. The Lowest Rung Together with The Hand on the Latch, St. Luke's Summer and The Understudy I was dumb with astonishment and the mud, having swallowed eighteen ounces avoirdupois weight of the sacred soil of Mississippi while endeavoring to express my admiration of the performance of the mule. Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive The introduction either of the troy or avoirdupois weight into the definition of our unit, will throw that unit under the uncertainties now enveloping the troy and avoirdupois weights. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 The long Naval oar is surprisingly full of avoirdupois weight. Dave Darrin's First Year at Annapolis Brandy, or proof spirit, a quarter of a pint.Celery-seed bruised, half an ounce, avoirdupois weight. The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual It should not be confused with avoirdupois weight, however, because its pound contains only 12 ounces, whereas the avoirdupois pound contains 16 ounces. Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 1: Essentials of Cookery; Cereals; Bread; Hot Breads The quantity in the text, reduced to avoirdupois weight, amounts to twenty-eight hogsheads, at sixteen hundred weight each.--Astl. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 02 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time We see the scrupulously "honest" Dutch traders buying furs from the Indians, using an invariable scale of avoirdupois weights, a Dutchman's hand in the scale opposite the furs weighing one pound, his foot two pounds. History of American Literature The ladies' coloured muslin dresses, mentioned in the table subjoined, cost ten shillings per dress, and each weigh six ounces; the cotton from which they are made weighing nearly six and two-ninth ounces avoirdupois weight. On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures Black pepper, an ounce; allspice, half an ounce, pounded fine.Nutmeg grated, a quarter of an ounce, avoirdupois weight. The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual The quantity of each of the ingredients contained in one portion of soup is as follows: In avoirdupois weight. Essays; Political, Economical, and Philosophical — Volume 1 All these accounts are in avoirdupois weight, and Irish money. Essays; Political, Economical, and Philosophical — Volume 1 |
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