SC - Gas Grill Smoking (long)

[Nick Sasso]

What is being used is the Troy measurement system as adopted by the English
for their currency, where the base of 1 Troy pound of silver equals 1 L
sterling.  Troy measures were commonly used in currency and precious metal
conversions across Europe and therefore make a common base for evaluating
prices.  I suspect that the conversion from guilders and stuivers to Troy is
because the silver penny and its equivalents were the most common measure of
value in medieval Europe.

To my knowledge, Troy measure was not used for measuring commodities (other
than bread and precious metals) so the price per pound is likely based on
the 16 ounce Avoirdupois pound.   

The Troy conversions are:

1 grain = 1 mite (m) = the weight of one avearge grain of wheat = .065 grams
approx.

24 grains = 1 pennyweight (dwt or d)

12 pennyweights = 1 shilling (s) = 1/20 Troy pound

20 pennyweights = 1 Troy ounce = 480 grains

12 Troy ounces = 1 Troy pound = 240 pennyweights = 5760 grains


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