King weight

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With King weight was in England a special pounds respectively. The pound for weighing Turkish and Persian silks was heavier than the pound of Avoir du Poids.

  • 1 King Pound / Kingwight = 24 Onces = 1 ½ Pound (Avoir du Poids)

literature

  • Johann Alert Eytelwein: Comparisons of the currently and previously introduced measures and weights in the royal Prussian states. Realschulbuchhandlung, Berlin 1810, p. 127.
  • CLW Aldefeld: The dimensions and weights of the German customs union states and many other countries and trading centers in their mutual relationships. Verlag JG Cotta'sche Buchhandlung, Stuttgart / Tübingen 1838, p. 50.