troy is 7/8 pound
16 ounces is equal to 1 pound. So 1 ounce is 1/16 of a pound.
12. it should be noted this is a different system than avoirdupois weight- where a pound is l6 ounces. The troy ounce is heavier. There is a long-standing rumor the NYMGW of trucks ( New York Maximum Gross Weight) was based on the Troy system for pounds and tons- perhaps hinted by the fact Ilion ( original term for Troy) and Troy are both upstate NY cities. Cannot confirm or deny.
1 troy pound is 12 troy ounces.
One troy pound is about 0.8229 avoirdupois pounds.
1 troy pound is 373.242 grams.
1 troy ounce weighs 31.1034768 grams and there are 12 troy ounces per troy pound.
16 ounces is equal to 1 pound. So 1 ounce is 1/16 of a pound.
It is 14.5 troy ounces.2.5 troy ounces over a troy pound =12 troy ounces. Yes,the 16 AVDP piece does weigh one US pound.
12. it should be noted this is a different system than avoirdupois weight- where a pound is l6 ounces. The troy ounce is heavier. There is a long-standing rumor the NYMGW of trucks ( New York Maximum Gross Weight) was based on the Troy system for pounds and tons- perhaps hinted by the fact Ilion ( original term for Troy) and Troy are both upstate NY cities. Cannot confirm or deny.
No....the AV pound is heavier. The Troy ounce is heavier than a AV ounce but there are only 12 troy ounces in a Troy pound compared to 16 in a AV pound. There is an old joke...What is heavier, a pound of Gold or a pound of feathers...? The pound of feathers... Because the troy pound of Gold is measured in Troy...which has a lighter pound.
There are 12 troy ounces in one troy pound.
1 troy pound = 373.2417 grams.
1 troy ounce = 31,103 476 8 grams = 0,083 329 32 pound troy
There are 14.583 troy ounces in one pound.
One pound (avoirdupois) equates to 14.58 troy ouncesOne troy pound is 12 troy ounces
1 troy pound is 12 troy ounces.
There are 12 troy ounces per troy pound, rather than the 16 ounces per pound.