A military dictionary

Part 168

Chapter 1682,794 wordsPublic domain

| | Contents|Equiv. |Equiv. | | of each|to 100 |to 112 | | weight |pounds |pounds Countries and | Names of | -- | -- | -- Places. | the Weights. | Grains |num. 100|num. 100 ------------------+-----------------------+---------+--------+-------- Achem |catti |14675 | 47,70 | 53,42 Aix in France |pound | 6310 | 110,94 | 124,25 Aix la Chapelle |pound | 7235 | 96,75 | 108,26 Algiers |rotolo | 8345 | 83,89 | 93,95 Aleppo |idem of 720 drams |35190 | 19,89 | 22,28 |idem of 700 |34213 | 20,46 | 22,92 |idem of 680 |33235 | 21,06 | 23,59 |idem of 600 |29315 | 23,87 | 26,73 |idem of 400 |19550 | 35,81 | 40,10 Alexandria |rotolo zauro |14579 | 48,01 | 54,77 |idem zaidino | 9346 | 74,90 | 83,89 |idem forforo | 6579 | 106,40 | 119,16 Alexandretta |mine |11663 | 60,02 | 67,22 Alicante |libra mayor | 8004 | 87,45 | 97,95 |libra menor | 5336 | 131,18 | 146,93 Altona |pound | 7477 | 93,62 | 104,86 Amberg |pound | 9257 | 75,62 | 84,70 Amsterdam |pound commercial weight| 7625 | 91,80 | 102,82 |pound apothecary weight| 5696 | 122,88 | 137,63 Ancona |pound | 5183 | 135,05 | 151,26 Anspach |pound | 7868 | 88,97 | 99,64 Antwerp |pound | 7261 | 96,40 | 107,97 Archangel |pound | 6314 | 110,87 | 124,18 Arragon |libra pensil | 5326 | 131,43 | 147,20 Augsburgh |pfund frohngewicht | 7580 | 92,34 | 103,42 |pfund kramgewicht | 7295 | 95,95 | 107,46 Avignon |pound | 6084 | 115,05 | 128,85 Bamberg |pound | 7494 | 93,41 | 104,62 Barcelona |pound | 6214 | 112,65 | 126,16 Basil or Basle |pound | 7561 | 92,58 | 103,69 Batavia |catti | 9450 | 74,08 | 82,96 Bautzen |pound | 6690 | 104,63 | 117,18 Bayonne |livre | 7561 | 92,58 | 103,69 Bayreuth |pound | 7989 | 87,63 | 98,14 Beetlefakee |maund |11773 | 59,46 | 66,59 Bengal |factory maund | | 1,34 | 1,50 |bazar maund | | 1,22 | 1,36 Bergamo |pound peso forte |12581 | 55,64 | 62,31 |pound light weight | 5033 | 139,09 | 155,78 Bergen |pound | 7716 | 90,72 | 101,60 Bergen op Zoom |pound | 7343 | 95,33 | 106,77 Berlin |pound | 7233 | 96,78 | 108,40 Bern |pound | 8068 | 86,76 | 97,18 Bilboa |pound | 7561 | 92,58 | 103,69 Bois-le-Duc |pound | 7196 | 97,27 | 108,95 Bologna |pound | 5590 | 125,21 | 140,24 Bolzano |pound | 7733 | 90,52 | 101,38 Bombay |maund | | 2,63 | 2,95 Bordeaux |pound city weight | 7637 | 91,66 | 102,66 |pound poids de marc | 7561 | 92,58 | 103,69 Bremen |pound | 7700 | 90,92 | 101,83 Breslaw |pound | 6256 | 111,90 | 125,33 Bruges |pound | 7261 | 96,40 | 107,97 Brunswick |pound | 7207 | 97,13 | 108,79 Brussels |pound | 7261 | 96,40 | 107,97 Bussorah |maund seffi | | 1,11 | 1,24 |maund a tara | | 3,51 | 3,93 Cadiz |pound | 7102 | 98,57 | 110,40 Cairo |rotolo | 6665 | 105,04 | 117,64 Calais |pound heavy weight | 7870 | 88,95 | 99,62 |pound light weight | 6501 | 107,67 | 120,59 Calicut |maund | | 3,33 | 3,73 Canary Islands |pound | 7094 | 98,67 | 110,52 Canea |rotolo heavy weight | 8127 | 86,13 | 96,47 |rotolo light weight | 5277 | 132,64 | 148,56 Canton |catti | 8640 | 81, | 90,72 Carthagena |pound | 7102 | 98,57 | 110,40 Cassel |pound | 4887 | 143,23 | 160,42 Castille |pound | 7102 | 98,57 | 110,40 Cephalonia |pound | 7384 | 94,80 | 106,18 Chambery |pound | 6621 | 105,72 | 118,40 Civita Vecchia |pound | 5267 | 132,90 | 148,85 Coburg |pound | 7868 | 88,97 | 99,64 Cologne |pound | 7225 | 96,89 | 108,52 Como |pound | 4789 | 146,18 | 163,72 Constance |pound | 7285 | 96,08 | 107,61 Constantinople |rotolo | 8670 | 80,74 | 90,43 Copenhagen |pound | 7716 | 90,72 | 101,60 Corfu |pound | 7384 | 94,80 | 106,18 Coromandel |vis |23333 | 30, | 33,59 Corsica |pound | 5315 | 131,70 | 147,50 Corunna |pound | 8877 | 78,85 | 88,31 Courtray |pound | 6749 | 103,58 | 116, Cracow |pound | 6271 | 111,63 | 125,02 Cremona |pound | 5060 | 138,34 | 154,94 Culmbach |pound | 7989 | 87,63 | 98,14 Cyprus |rotolo |36710 | 19,07 | 21,36 Damascus |rotolo |27691 | 25,28 | 28,31 Dantzic |pound | 6722 | 104,15 | 116,66 Denmark |pound | 7716 | 90,72 | 101,60 Delft |pound | 7625 | 91,80 | 102,82 Deventer |pound | 7259 | 96,42 | 108, Dieppe |pound | 7630 | 91,75 | 102,76 Dixmude |pound | 6639 | 105,43 | 118,09 Dordrecht |pound | 7625 | 91,80 | 102,82 Dresden |pound | 7211 | 97,07 | 108,72 Dublin |pound | 7000 | 100, | 112, Dunkirk |pound | 6615 | 105,81 | 118,52 Elbing |pound | 6558 | 106,74 | 119,55 Elsinore |pound | 7716 | 90,72 | 101,60 Embden |pound | 7666 | 91,31 | 102,27 England |pound avoirdupois | 7000 | 100, | 112, |pound apothecary weight| 5760 | 121,53 | 136,11 Erfurt |pound | 7285 | 96,08 | 107,61 Ferrara |pound | 5237 | 133,67 | 149,71 Ferrol |pound | 8877 | 78,85 | 88,31 Fez |rotolo | 7259 | 96,42 | 108, Flensburg |pound | 7461 | 93,82 | 105,08 Florence |pound | 5401 | 129,60 | 145,15 Forli |pound | 5084 | 137,69 | 154,22 France |pound poids de marc | 7561 | 92,58 | 103,69 |pound apothecary weight| 5568 | 123,51 | 138,33 |kilogramme |15446[17]| 45,32 | 50,76 |hectogramme | 1544³⁄₅ | 453,20 | 507,60 Francfort on the | | | | Maine |pound heavy weight | 7841 | 89,28 | 100, |pound light weight | 7210 | 97,09 | 108,74 Francfort on the | | | | Oder |pound | 7232 | 96,80 | 108,42 Freyberg |pound | 7210 | 97,09 | 108,74 Flushing |pound | 7189 | 97,37 | 109,06 Gaeta |pound | 4553 | 153,75 | 172,20 Galicia |pound | 8877 | 78,85 | 88,31 Gallipoli |rotolo | 6978 | 100,31 | 112,35 Gand |pound | 7261 | 96,40 | 107,97 Geneva |pound heavy weight | 8502 | 82,34 | 92,22 |pound light weight | 7085 | 98,70 | 110,66 Genoa |Custom-House rotolo | 8258 | 84,77 | 94,94 |rotolo peso di cassa | 7506 | 93,25 | 104,45 |rotolo cantaro weight | 7360 | 95,11 | 106,52 |pound peso grosso | 4907 | 142,65 | 159,77 |pound peso sottile | 4898 | 142,92 | 160,07 Germany |pound apothecary weight| 5527 | 126,64 | 141,84 Gibraltar |pound | 7215 | 97,01 | 108,55 |pound Cadiz weight | 7102 | 98,57 | 110,40 Gottenburg |pound victualie weight | 6563 | 106,66 | 119,46 |pound for weighing iron| 5250 | 133,33 | 149,33 Grenada |pound heavy weight | 7707 | 90,82 | 101,72 |pound light weight | 6860 | 102,05 | 114,30 Groningen |pound | 7552 | 92,69 | 103,81 Gueldres |pound | 7205 | 97,15 | 108,81 Hamburg |pound commercial weight| 7481 | 93,57 | 104,80 |pound Cologne weight | 7224 | 96,89 | 108,52 Hanover |pound | 7494 | 93,40 | 104,61 Harburg |pound | 7494 | 93,40 | 104,61 Harlem |pound | 7625 | 91,80 | 102,82 Havre de Grace |pound | 8161 | 85,77 | 96,06 Hague |pound | 7625 | 91,80 | 102,82 Heidelberg |pound | 7788 | 89,88 | 100,67 Hildesheim |pound | 7207 | 97,13 | 108,79 Japan |catti | 9100 | 76,92 | 86,15 Java |catti | 9247 | 75,70 | 84,79 Kiel |pound | 7355 | 95,17 | 106,69 Kintzingen |pound | 7868 | 88,97 | 99,64 Konigsberg |pound old weight | 5869 | 119,27 | 133,58 |pound new weight | 7233 | 96,78 | 108,50 Krems |pound | 8743 | 80,37 | 89,67 Leghorn[18] |pound | 5296 | 132,17 | 148,03 Leipsic |pound butchers’ weight | 7772 | 90,07 | 100,88 |pound commercial weight| 7207 | 97,13 | 108,79 |pound miners’ weight | 6954 | 100,66 | 112,75 |pound for weighing | | | |steel | 6718 | 104,20 | 116,70 Leyden |pound | 7261 | 96,40 | 107,97 Liebau |pound | 6378 | 109,76 | 122,92 Liege |pound | 7331 | 95,48 | 106,94 Lindau |pound | 7089 | 98,74 | 110,59 Lintz |pound | 8743 | 80,07 | 89,67 Lisbon |pound | 7085 | 98,80 | 110,66 Lisle |pound heavy weight | 7164 | 97,72 | 109,44 |pound light weight | 6615 | 105,81 | 118,52 London |pound avoirdupois | 7000 | 100, | 112, Louvain |pound | 7261 | 96,40 | 107,97 Lubec |pound | 7461 | 93,86 | 105,08 Lucca |pound commercial weight| 5745 | 121,84 | 136,45 |pound for weighing silk| 5150 | 135,93 | 152,24 Lucern |pound | 7707 | 90,82 | 101,72 Lunenburg |pound | 7494 | 93,40 | 104,61 Lyons |pound for weighing silk| 7088 | 98,77 | 110,62 |pound city weight | 6615 | 105,81 | 118,52 Madeira |pound | 6725 | 104,10 | 116,59 Madras |maund | | 4, | 4,48 Madrid |pound | 7102 | 98,57 | 110,40 Magdeburg |pound | 7232 | 96,80 | 108,42 Mahon |pound | 6865 | 101,97 | 114,21 Majorca |rotolo | 6486 | 107,92 | 120,87 Malabar |vis |23333 | 30, | 33,59 Malacca |vis | 9450 | 74,08 | 82,96 Malaga |pound | 7102 | 98,57 | 110,40 Malta |rotolo |11901 | 58,82 | 65,88 Manheim |pound | 7639 | 91,63 | 102,63 Mantua |pound | 5083 | 137,71 | 154,24 Marseilles |pound poids de table | 6203 | 112,85 | 126,39 Masulipatam |seer | 4293 | 163,05 | 182,62 Mecca |rotolo | 7144 | 97,98 | 109,74 Medina |rotolo | 7144 | 97,98 | 109,74 Memel |pound | 6378 | 109,76 | 122,92 Memmingen |pound | 7903 | 88,57 | 99,20 Messina |pound of twelve ounces | 4903 | 142,77 | 175,34 |rotolo of thirty ounces|12257 | 57,11 | 63,96 |rotolo of thirty-three | | | |ounces |13483 | 51,92 | 58,15 Middleburg |pound | 7225 | 96,89 | 108,52 Milan |pound heavy weight |11807 | 59,29 | 66,40 |pound light weight | 5060 | 138,34 | 154,94 Minorca |libra mayor |18480 | 37,88 | 42,43 |libra menor | 6160 | 113,65 | 127,28 Mocha |maund |21000 | 33,33 | 37,33 Modena |pound | 4971 | 140,82 | 157,71 Monaco |pound | 5113 | 136,89 | 153,32 Montpellier |pound | 6282 | 111,42 | 124,89 Morea |pound commercial weight| 6168 | 113,49 | 127,10 |pound for weighing silk| 7710 | 90,79 | 101,68 |oke |18463 | 37,92 | 42,47 Morocco |pound of Castille | 7102 | 98,57 | 110,40 Morlaix |pound | 7561 | 92,58 | 103,69 Muscovy |pound | 6314 | 110,87 | 124,18 Munich |pound | 8657 | 80,86 | 90,57 Munster |pound | 7355 | 95,17 | 106,60 Namur |pound | 7261 | 96,40 | 107,97 Nancy |pound | 7561 | 92,58 | 103,69 Nantes |pound | 7561 | 92,58 | 103,69 Naples |pound | 4954 | 141,30 | 158,26 |rotolo |13761 | 50,87 | 56,97 Narva |pound | 7225 | 96,89 | 108,52 Navarre |pound of Castille | 7102 | 98,57 | 110,40 Naumburg |pound | 7207 | 97,13 | 108,79 Negroponti |rotolo | 8261 | 84,73 | 94,90 Neufchatel |pound | 8029 | 87,18 | 97,64 Neustadt |pound | 7868 | 88,97 | 99,64 Nice |pound | 4786 | 146,25 | 163,80 Nimeguen |pound | 7639 | 91,63 | 102,63 Nordlingen |pound | 7566 | 92,52 | 103,62 Norway |pound | 7716 | 90,72 | 101,60 Novi |pound | 5113 | 136,89 | 153,32 Nuremberg |pound | 7868 | 88,97 | 99,64 Oporto |pound Lisbon weight | 7085 | 98,80 | 110,66 |pound according to | | | |Kruse | 6646 | 105,33 | 117,97 Oran |rotolo | 7776 | 90,02 | 100,83 Orient |pound | 7561 | 92,58 | 103,69 Ormus |seer | 4676 | 149,70 | 167,67 Osnaburg |pound | 7625 | 91,80 | 102,82 Ostend |pound | 7261 | 96,40 | 107,97 Oudenard |pound | 6758 | 103,58 | 116, Oviedo |pound of Asturias |10653 | 65,71 | 73,60 |pound of Castille | 7102 | 98,57 | 110,40 Paderborn |pound | 7355 | 95,17 | 106,60 Padua |pound | 5157 | 135,75 | 152,04 Palermo |pound of 12 ounces | 4903 | 142,77 | 175,34 |rotolo of 30 ounces |12257 | 57,11 | 63,96 |rotolo of 33 ounces |13483 | 51,92 | 58,15 Paris |pound poids de marc | 7561 | 92,58 | 103,69 Parma |pound | 5234 | 133,75 | 149,80 Passau |pound | 7414 | 94,41 | 105,74 Patras |pound commercial weight| 6168 | 113,49 | 127,10 |pound for weighing silk| 7710 | 90,79 | 101,68 Pegu |vis |23333 | 30, | 33,59 Pernau |pound | 6431 | 108,85 | 121,91 Piedmont |pound | 5749 | 121,77 | 139,39 Pisa |pound | 5028 | 139,21 | 155,92 Placenza |pound | 4980 | 140,56 | 157,43 Pondicherry |vis |22683 | 30,86 | 34,56 Portugal |pound | 7085 | 98,80 | 110,66 Posen |pound | 6158 | 113,87 | 127,53 Prague |pound | 7929 | 88,28 | 98,88 Presburg |pound | 8616 | 81,24 | 91, Ragusa |pound | 5607 | 124,84 | 139,82 Ratisbon |pound | 8777 | 79,75 | 89,32 Ravenna |pound | 4623 | 151,41 | 169,58 Reggio |pound | 5093 | 137,45 | 153,95 Revel |pound | 6646 | 105,33 | 117,97 Rhodes |rotolo |36922 | 18,96 | 21,24 Riga |pound | 6454 | 108,40 | 121,48 Rochelle |pound | 7561 | 92,58 | 103,69 Rome |pound Roman | 5239 | 133,61 | 149,65 |pound public scale | 5344 | 131, | 146,71 Rostock |pound | 7888 | 88,75 | 99,40 Rotenburg |pound | 7868 | 88,97 | 99,64 Rotterdam |pound heavy weight | 7625 | 91,80 | 102,82 |pound light weight | 7261 | 96,40 | 107,97 Rouen |pound poids de marc | 7561 | 92,58 | 103,69 |pound poids de vicomté | 8015 | 87,34 | 97,82 Roveredo |pound | 5257 | 133,15 | 149,13 Russia |pound | 6314 | 110,87 | 124,18 St. Ander |pound | 7102 | 98,57 | 110,40 St. Croix |pound | 7716 | 90,72 | 101,60 St. Eustatia |pound | 7625 | 91,80 | 102,82 St. Gall |pound heavy weight | 9823 | 77,58 | 86,89 |pound light weight | 7179 | 97,51 | 109,21 St. Lucar |pound | 7102 | 98,57 | 110,40 St. Malo |pound | 7561 | 92,58 | 103,69 St. Petersburg |pound | 6314 | 110,87 | 124,18 St. Sebastian |pound | 7524 | 93,04 | 104,20 Sallee |pound | 7215 | 97,01 | 108,66 Saltzburg |pound | 8643 | 81, | 90,71 Saragossa |pound of 12 ounces | 5326 | 131,43 | 147,20 Sardinia |pound | 6188 | 113,12 | 126,69 Sayd |rotolo of Acre |36776 | 19,04 | 21,32 |rotolo of Damascus |28755 | 24,34 | 27,27 Schafhausen |pound | 7094 | 98,68 | 110,52 Schweinfurt |pound | 7868 | 88,97 | 99,64 Scio |rotolo | 7647 | 91,54 | 102,52 Scotland |pound old weight | 7616 | 91,91 | 102,94 |pound new weight | 7000 | 100, | 112, Seville |pound | 7102 | 98,57 | 110,40 Siam |catti | 9030 | 77,52 | 86,82 Sicily |pound of 12 ounces | 4903 | 142,77 | 175,34 |rotolo of 30 ounces |12257 | 57,11 | 63,96 |rotolo of 33 ounces |13483 | 51,92 | 58,15 Sienna |pound | 6905 | 101,38 | 113,55 Smyrna |oke |19420 | 36,05 | 40,37 |rotolo | 8739 | 80,10 | 89,71 Spain |pound of 16 ounces | 7102 | 98,57 | 110,40 Stade |pound | 7333 | 95,46 | 106,92 Stettin |pound | 7232 | 96,80 | 108,42 Stralsund |pound | 7461 | 93,82 | 105,08 Strasburg |pound heavy weight | 7557 | 92,63 | 103,75 |pound light weight | 7277 | 96,19 | 107,74 Sweden |pound victualie weight | 6563 | 106,66 | 119,46 |pound miners’ weight | 5802 | 120,65 | 135,12 |pound cities weight | 5526 | 126,68 | 141,88 |pound for weighing iron| 5250 | 133,33 | 149,33 |pound apothecary weight| 5501 | 127,26 | 142,53 Sumatra |catti |19684 | 35,56 | 39,83 Surat |seer | 6556 | 106,78 | 119,60 Surinam |pound | 7625 | 91,80 | 102,82 Syracuse |pound | 5044 | 138,78 | 155,44 Syria |mina | 9117 | 76,78 | 85,99 Tangier |rotolo | 7426 | 94,27 | 105,58 Teneriffe |pound of Castille | 7102 | 98,57 | 110,40 Tetuan |rotolo |10945 | 63,96 | 71,63 Thorn |pound | 6502 | 107,66 | 120,58 Toulon |pound | 6633 | 105,54 | 118,20 Toulouse |pound | 6418 | 109,07 | 122,15 Tournai |pound | 6721 | 104,15 | 116,65 Treves |pound heavy weight | 7975 | 87,77 | 98,31 |pound light weight | 5247 | 133,41 | 149,42 Trieste |pound Vienna weight | 8650 | 80,92 | 90,64 |pound Venice great | | | |weight | 7384 | 94,80 | 106,18 |pound Venice small | | | |weight | 4673 | 149,80 | 167,78 Tripoli in Barbary|rotolo | 7850 | 89,17 | 99,87 Tripoli in Syria |rotolo |28037 | 24,97 | 27,96 |oke |18692 | 37,45 | 41,94 Tunis |rotolo | 7661 | 91,37 | 102,34 Turin |pound | 5696 | 122,89 | 137,63 Valencia |pound of 12 oz. | 5498 | 127,32 | 142,60 |pound of 16 oz. | 7331 | 95,48 | 106,94 |pound of 18 oz. | 8247 | 84,88 | 95,07 Valenciennes |pound | 7259 | 96,43 | 108, Venice |pound great weight | 7384 | 94,80 | 106,18 |pound small weight | 4673 | 149,80 | 167,78 Verona |pound great weight | 7677 | 91,18 | 102,12 |pound small weight | 5136 | 136,30 | 152,65 Vicenza |pound great weight | 7523 | 93,05 | 104,21 |pound small weight | 5247 | 133,41 | 149,42 Vienna |pound | 8650 | 80,92 | 90,64 Ulm |pound | 7234 | 96,76 | 108,37 United States of | | | | America |pound | 7000 | 100, | 112, Warsaw |pound | 5853 | 119,60 | 133,95 Wismar |pound | 7471 | 93,70 | 104,94 Windaw |pound | 6377 | 109,76 | 122,23 Wirtemberg |pound | 7225 | 96,89 | 108,52 Wurtzburg |pound | 7362 | 95,08 | 106,49 Ypres |pound | 6646 | 105,33 | 117,97 Zante |pound | 7384 | 94,80 | 106,18 Zealand |pound | 7172 | 97,60 | 109,32 Zell |pound | 7494 | 93,40 | 104,61 Zittau |pound | 7221 | 96,94 | 108,57 Zurich |pound heavy weight | 8138 | 86,01 | 96,33 |pound light weight | 7234 | 96,76 | 108,37 Zutphen |pound | 7259 | 96,43 | 108, Zwoll |pound | 7439 | 94,10 | 105,39