Re: British weight measures

[Alex McGregor <awmcgregor@shaw.ca>]

And here I'd always thought that 'wee dram' was a measure of liquid.

Al

"Jon A." wrote:

> Chart of conversions:
>
> Avoirdupois weights:
>
> 16 drams  = 1 ounce
> 16 ounces  = 1 pound
> 7 pounds  = 1 clove
> 14 pounds  = 1 stone
> 28 pounds  = 1 tod
> 112 pounds  = 1 hundredweight
> 364 pounds  = 1 sack
> 2240 pounds  = 1 ton
> 2 stones  = 1 quarter
> 4 quarters  = 1 hundredweight
> 20 hundredweight  = 1 ton