Encyclopedia > Avoirdupois

  Article Content

Avoirdupois

The avoirdupois system is a system of weights defining terms such as pound and ounce. It is by far the most common system, being used in the United States, and in the United Kingdom and elsewhere until metrication. It is considered more modern and standardised than the alternative troy or "apothecary" system.



All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

 
  Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!
 
 
  
  Featured Article
Bullying

... power for any period of time without a legitimate basis of authority. The first to have the title of "Tyrant" was Pisistratus in 560 BC. In modern times Tyrant has ...

 
 
 
This page was created in 21.2 ms