| 单词 | pennyweight |
| 例句 | The other measurement used to measure gold is pennyweight. How To Figure Pennyweight Of Gold 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z You shall stand on your conditions now; you shall have your pennyweight and full advantage, and the rigour of the pact. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z Scarce a pennyweight of honest horseflesh to be seen. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z The author of The Field Book says: "That an arrow weighing from twenty to four-and-twenty pennyweights, made of yew, was considered by archers the best that could be used." Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 99, September 20, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-01-16T03:00:07.530Z It is not to be expected that metallurgical results of this period will "tie up" with the exactness of the modern operator's, and it has not been considered necessary to calculate beyond the nearest pennyweight. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z One pennyweight is equivalent to 1/20 of an ounce. How To Figure Pennyweight Of Gold 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z The second week raised neither high hopes nor a laugh; the third began better, with an ounce on the Monday, but dropped at once to three or four pennyweight a day. Denis Dent A Novel 2011-10-04T02:00:16.973Z I don't think you owe Lord Cramer a pennyweight of gratitude for it. Playing With Fire 2011-06-29T02:00:30.590Z No "commercial arrangements," no painting of surfaces nor alloying of substances, will avail him a pennyweight. Unto This Last and Other Essays on Political Economy 2011-06-29T02:00:26.763Z The result was a nice little “prospect” of some seven or eight pennyweights. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z Two measures are used by jewelers to determine this — karat and pennyweight. How To Figure Pennyweight Of Gold 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z The yields were uneven, but the lowest was an ounce, the highest three ounces ten pennyweight, and the day's aggregate just under one pound, or upward of forty pounds sterling. Denis Dent A Novel 2011-10-04T02:00:16.973Z The piece of money fell wrong side down; and the man remained at the diggings; and for aught I know, may be there still, working for a “pennyweight per diem.” Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z We have handled to-day an ingot which contains, to ninety-two ounces ten pennyweights of silver, seven ounces ten pennyweights of copper. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 2011-02-23T03:00:33.760Z Of course I have 'counted the cost,'—I have weighed the question to a pennyweight! The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:20.520Z If you have a piece of jewelry and would like to determine the pennyweight of gold, follow this guide. How To Figure Pennyweight Of Gold 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z Yet there was no shifting Denis while there was a pennyweight to the tub, and once there was nearly an ounce, and one day in November yielded two ounces four pennyweight. Denis Dent A Novel 2011-10-04T02:00:16.973Z "Not a pennyweight this side of old 'Castle Cluny' in Scotland, so far as I know," York replied. The Reclaimers The Mary Reef specimens assayed 5 ounces 3 pennyweight 10 grains to the ton. Through South Africa His Visit to Rhodesia, the Transvaal, Cape Colony, Natal Gold of the same coin, and of Arabia, at five shillings the pennyweight. The History of Virginia, in Four Parts When you figure the pennyweight, you need to divide the number of karats by 24. How To Figure Pennyweight Of Gold 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z How heavy did he make the widow's mite; How do the tears of men bend down the scale; How ponderous is a pennyweight of right; How do the little things of life prevail! Montezuma An Epic on the Origin and Fate of the Aztec Nation With this, therefore, as a standard,—a pennyweight being eighty cents and a grain three and a third cents,—with accurate scales and proper weights, exchange is not a difficult matter. The Land of Nome A narrative sketch of the rush to our Bering Sea gold-fields, the country, its mines and its people, and the history of a great conspiracy (1900-1901) The Marlborough Reef, four miles from Bulawayo; the Ullswater Reef, sixteen miles from town; Piper’s Reef, three miles from town, averaging respectively 1 ounce to 5 ounces, 15 pennyweight to 5 ounces, and 25 pennyweight. Through South Africa His Visit to Rhodesia, the Transvaal, Cape Colony, Natal A couple of vigorous, half-grown birds have been fed, and in twelve hours devoured ravenously, sixty-eight earth worms, weighing thirty-four pennyweight, or forty-one per cent more than their own weight. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 1, No. 2 February, 1897 This gives you the current pennyweight value of gold. How To Figure Pennyweight Of Gold 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z Take half a measure of iron filings and a pennyweight of sal ammoniac, and put into a pot of vinegar; let it stand for twelve days at least. Intarsia and Marquetry “And sixty ounces if there’s a pennyweight,” added the Padre exultantly. The Golden Woman A Story of the Montana Hills The Masterton Reef, forty miles from Bulawayo, had two specimens and certificate of assay of 18 pennyweight and 22 pennyweight respectively. Through South Africa His Visit to Rhodesia, the Transvaal, Cape Colony, Natal The old English Scotch pence or pennies contained originally a real pennyweight of silver, one twentieth of an ounce and one two hundred and fortieth of a pound. The Paper Moneys of Europe Their Moral and Economic Significance But as this model in glass weighs exactly 1 ounce, 16 pennyweights, 23 grains, we may fairly conclude, that the hail-stone itself weighed much above half an ounce. Remarks Concerning Stones Said to Have Fallen from the Clouds, Both in These Days, and in Antient Times Another says:—"Take a pennyweight of fine silver, with a pound of aqua fortis; add a measure of water, and soak the wood with it." Intarsia and Marquetry “Eighty-two ounces ten pennyweights six grains,” he said, with infinite deliberation, and began to figure on a piece of paper. The Tale of Timber Town The Queen’s has been penetrated 100 feet, lode 30 inches, and assay 18 pennyweight. Through South Africa His Visit to Rhodesia, the Transvaal, Cape Colony, Natal It is round in form, about three inches in diameter and weighs four ounces five and a half pennyweights. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III Divide the amount of tripe before-mentioned, Alderman," said Mr. Filer, "by the estimated number of existing widows and orphans, and the result will be one pennyweight of tripe to each. A Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles Dickens and Others The difference may be only small; but whether it is an ounce or two or merely a few pennyweights, it is the trifle of this kind that tells. The Complete Golfer You might give a gal a few pennyweights, or even an ounce, but when you say you hope you may find gold for her sake, ain’t that just a trifle flabby? The Tale of Timber Town This reef is twenty miles from Bulawayo, and assays 2 ounces 10 pennyweight per ton. Through South Africa His Visit to Rhodesia, the Transvaal, Cape Colony, Natal “Well, you tub-thumper, you see that the gentlemen of England are more than a match for pestilent pennyweight rebels.” The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel The case is different where tons of ore have to be crushed and smelted, in order to produce a few pennyweights of metal. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 No "commercial arrangements," no painting of surfaces, nor alloying of substances, will avail him a pennyweight. The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing A pennyweight o' love is worth a pound o' law. The Proverbs of Scotland I am told that the richest average value of the reef is 84 pennyweight per ton of 2000 pounds, and the poorest 5 pennyweight to the ton. Through South Africa His Visit to Rhodesia, the Transvaal, Cape Colony, Natal “The pennyweight will be very big, then,” said Rollo. Rollo's Museum "What between a reef that doesn't pan out five pennyweights to the ton, and a woman that pans out too rich, I'm sick of the cursed place." The Ebbing Of The Tide South Sea Stories - 1896 "There is," affirmed Grainger: "there are twenty-five pennyweights, and all that came out of not more than 250 lbs. of tailings!" "Chinkie's Flat" 1904 I have known it lose, by this process of purifying, as much as from five to six pennyweights in the ounce. A Boy's Voyage Round the World I think the assay showed 1 ounce 11 pennyweight to the ton. Through South Africa His Visit to Rhodesia, the Transvaal, Cape Colony, Natal So you can make another roll for two pennyweights, and another for five pennyweights, and another for ten pennyweights.” Rollo's Museum I found nearly half a pennyweight of gold in the heel of the dish. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer It is a large, heavy ring, weighing 1 ounce, 6 pennyweights, 12 grains, was worn on the thumb, and taken from the mummy at Memphis. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 455 Volume 18, New Series, September 18, 1852 To avoid even this opportunity for a legal tender, sometimes notes promised to pay a certain number of ounces and pennyweights, with interest at a fixed rate. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866 Samples of ore were every day being brought in from newly explored gold-reefs, and all men's talk was of pennyweights, or even ounces, to the ton. Impressions of South Africa "Counting it at the present value of gold, every pennyweight would be worth a dollar." The Wonder Island Boys: The Tribesmen A gold dollar piece and nearly two pennyweights of Californian gold dust. A Narrative of Some of the Lord's Dealings with George Müller Written by Himself, Fourth Part Cortés, who did not find a pennyweight of dust in the real California, still had no objection to giving so golden a name to his discovery. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864 An ounce is valued at eighteen dollars, a pennyweight at ninety cents, and so on. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866 My grandfather's clock was too tall for the shelf, So it stood ninety years on the floor; It was taller by half than the old man himself, Though it weighed not a pennyweight more. Poems Teachers Ask For, Book Two "Let me see; twenty pennyweights in an ounce, and twelve ounces in a pound; that would be two hundred and forty dollars in a pound." The Wonder Island Boys: The Tribesmen One pod will produce on an average three pennyweights. The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America The priest wrote the Lord's Prayer on the bread, of which he then weighed out a certain quantity—ten pennyweights—and so likewise with the cheese. The Customs of Old England A pennyweight of prudence might have prevented the evil; it will now take mortification in large and repeated doses to undo it. Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals The silver coin assayed by Sir Isaac Newton, varied from 1 1/2 to 76 pennyweights alloy, in the pound troy of mixed metal. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 The tail differs however in the northern and southern parts of the island, being at Natal twenty-four pennyweights nine grains, and at Padang, Bencoolen, and elsewhere, twenty-six pennyweights twelve grains. The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants We learn that the sub-committee investigating this matter of the thirty-one pennyweight ball have consulted both the manufacturers and the professionals. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-01-14 He had to put a number of pennyweights into the scale with his own before the two were balanced. Marietta A Maid of Venice Their minds, their wills, their efforts, their physical strength to the last ounce and pennyweight belonged indissolubly to him. A Man's Woman "Miners' stories" are one thing,—but a certified royalty from a staff of British officials, in ounces, pennyweights, and grains, on the first day of each month, is, in our modest opinion, quite another. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864 You shall stand on your conditions now; you shall have your pennyweight and full advantage, and the rigour of the pact. Count Hannibal A Romance of the Court of France Only a few mornings ago we read in The Daily Chronicle the following momentous statement made by that newspaper's golf correspondent: "I'm told that the thirty-one pennyweight ball is doomed." Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-01-14 True, she has got no more than her deserts; she has paid for her success, every pennyweight of it, in hard work and self-denial. Grey Roses For five weeks the Macartney lay at anchor without discharging a pennyweight of her cargo; and every day brought a new threat, edict, or proclamation. Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts He wanted but one thing now—and his whole kingdom did not weigh one pennyweight against it. One Day A sequel to 'Three Weeks' Thus if a person is bitten by a mad dog, and they give him but a small pennyweight of this medicine to drink, he is cured in a moment. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 It was discovered at Crystal Park, Col., weighs 59 pennyweights 6 grains, and measures 1-4/5 inch in length and 1-1/5 inch in thickness. Scientific American Supplement, No. 598, June 18, 1887 His two sweepings had yielded perhaps a pennyweight of the precious metal—enough to set him to thinking. Laughing Bill Hyde and Other Stories Four grains are equal to one carat, and six carats make one pennyweight. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 41, March, 1861 The trees, burdened with the last infinitesimal pennyweight of snow their branches could hold, stood in absolute petrifaction. Burning Daylight In this weight the pound is divided into 12 ounces, the ounce into 20 pennyweights, and the pennyweight into 24 grains; hence, the troy ounce contains 480 grains, and the troy pound contains 5760 grains. The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section T, U, V, and W Loeser bears, in addition to the specimens mentioned in the foregoing letter, a tea-caddy containing two hundred and thirty ounces fifteen pennyweights and nine grains of gold. The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources A piece of ten pounds was pounded up, it returned only a little over a pennyweight of gold. In the Heart of the Rockies "It is my custom," said the other, "to have three pennyweights of musk and half that quantity of ambergris put into each fritter." The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume I Thank Heaven! the American dollar is admitted, pennyweight for pennyweight, to a precedency immediately next to that of the metal dollar of Europe. Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale In that letter the Major mingled a pennyweight of condolence with more congratulation than the post could carry for the largest stamp yet invented. Erema — My Father's Sin In the highlands he was walking with a man who found a piece weighing about thirty-five pennyweights, worth $29, but which he purchased for $4. The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources A ten-penny-weight pearl in Vienna might weigh eight or nine pennyweights here in California, or it is more likely to weigh twelve. Aunt Jane's Nieces out West This first piece of gold is now in the possession of Mrs. Weimer, and weighs six pennyweights eleven grains. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 17 Has any man moved in the affairs of men, with a grain of common-sense or half a pennyweight of experience, without being taught that an old tenter-hook sits easier to him than a new one? Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale Twenty pennyweight in an ounce, and there we have nineteen dollars and twenty cents per ounce. Her Weight in Gold "We keep our takin's in one pile, and I'll lay a little eight to five that they'll balance up with the checks to a pennyweight," said he. The Winds of Chance Shares have an upward tendency; washing up takes place—two pennyweights to ton. Madame Midas Martin weighed the ring, and, after doing so, simply stated that gold of the quality of which the ring was made was worth a certain price per pennyweight. Lessons in Life, for All Who Will Read Them And no sooner did he marry than he was forced to give up that, and, like a respectable butcher, put in every pennyweight of fat that could be charged for. Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale But as for me I like a swag, At least a little more Than what we got there in a week— Eight pennyweights 'mongst four. A Lady's Visit to the Gold Diggings of Australia in 1852-53 An old prospector will judge from six ounces of stuff within a few pennyweights what will be the yield of a ton. Getting Gold: a practical treatise for prospectors, miners and students Some three or four hundred diggers arrived from Creswick-creek, a gold-field famous for its pennyweight fortunes—grubbed up through hard work, and squandered in dissipation among the swarm of sly-grog sellers in the district. The Eureka Stockade "A sack full of gold," answered the gnome, "just as heavy as myself—not a pennyweight less!" The Blue Moon It draws at sixty pounds—not a pennyweight too much for a man of your inches. Sir Nigel Four ounces two pennyweight and five Grains of Gold, five ounces ten pennyweight and six Grains of Silver, and fifty-seven Dollars, the Donation of King William County in Virginia— Containg 51. The Writings of Samuel Adams - Volume 3 Equilibrium, however, was restored by the addition of a pennyweight and five grains to the opposite side. The God of His Fathers: Tales of the Klondyke Thirteen ounces fourteen pennyweight and twenty Grains of Gold deliverd to the said Adams by . The Writings of Samuel Adams - Volume 3 |
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