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Tracts on vaults and bridges : containing observations on the various forms of vaults; on the taking down and rebuilding London Bridge : and on the principles of arches: illustrated by extensive tables of bridges : also containing the principles of pendent bridges, with reference to the properties of the catenary, applied to the Menai Bridge : and a theoretical investigation of the catenary / Samuel Ware
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THE POUND OF DIFFERENT NATIONS.

l

Correspondingnumber ofEnglish grains,Troy.

Amsterdam

7460.71

lb.

1

Antwerp and the Netherlands

7048.15

1

Copenhagen

6940.58

1

Dantzic

6573.86

1

Dublin

7774.11

1

England

5760. 0

1

Florence

5286.65

0

Genoa - . J

4426.05

0

t

6637.85

t

Geneva

8407.45

1

Hamburgh

7314.68

1

Lisbon

7005.39

1

Madrid

6544.33

1

Naples

4951.93

0

Paris

7560.80

1

Rome

5257.12

0

Stockholm

9211.45

1

Turin and all Piedmont

4939.62

0

Venice J g re£ *er pound

4215.21 ,

0

l lesser pound

6826.54

1

Verona

5374.44

0

Vicenza - 4

4676.28

0

1

6879.05

1

English TroyWeight.

lb. 02. dwt.

10

159

13

19

0

0

4

1610

4

11

915321 1210 63 1510 19

7 3

10 5

8 152 4

11 3

9 142 6

grs.

20.71

4.15

4.58

21.86

18.11

0

6.6510.053.857.4518.6821.3916.337.930 . 81.1219.4519.0215.2110.5422.4420.2815.05

*** To convert the above Troy grains into English avoir-dupois pounds, divide by 7000.

See Mr. Barlows New Math . Tables, 1814, among which willbe found very extensive tables of the weights and measures of dif-ferent countries.

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