 The carat, used for weighing diamonds, is 3£ grains. The term, however, when used to express the fineness of gold, has a relative meaning only. Every mass of alloyed gold is supposed to be divided into 24 equal parts ; thus the standard...  The Handbook of Jamaica - Pàgina 5441893Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1889 - 900 pàgines
...progression, from 10,000 graine downwards to J, of a grain. The carat, used for weighing diamonds, is 3¿ grains. The term, however, when used to express the fineness of gold, has a relative meiming only. Kvery mass of alloyed gold is supposed to be divided into 'Jl equal parts ; thus the... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - 1833 - 614 pàgines
...the proportion of seventy-nine to seventy-two nearly. The carat, used for weighing diamonds, is 3£ grains. The term, however, when used to express the...mass of alloyed gold is supposed to be divided into twenty-four equal parts : thus the standard for coin is twenty-two carats fine ; that is, it consists... | |
 | E. S. Norman Campbell - 1830 - 304 pàgines
...=: 1 ounce loz. or J) 12 Ounces = 1 pound (Ib. or ft) The Carat, used in weighing diamonds, is 3i1 grains. The term, however, when used to express the...mass of alloyed gold is supposed to be divided into twenty-four equal parts ; thus, the standard for coin is twenty-two carats fine, that is, it consists... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Americana - 1833 - 548 pàgines
...the proportion of seventy-nine to seventy-two nearly. The carat, used for weighing diamonds, is 3£ grains. The term, however, when used to express the...mass of alloyed gold is supposed to be divided into twenty-four equal parts : thus the standard for coin is twenty-two carats fine ; that is, it consists... | |
 | Olinthus Gregory - 1834 - 484 pàgines
...Avoirdupois = 14 11 15^ Troy. 1 oz. =018 5| 1 dr. = 0 1 3£ The carat, used for weighing diamonds, is 3| grains. The term, however, when used to express the...alloyed gold is supposed to be divided into 24 equal parts ; thus the standard for coin is 22 carats fine, that is, it consists of 22 parts of pure gold,... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - 1835 - 546 pàgines
...the proportion of seventy-nine to seventy-two nearly. The carat, used for weighing diamonds, is 3£ grains. The term, however, when used to express the...mass of alloyed gold is supposed to be divided into twenty-four equal parts : thus the standard' for coin is twenly-two carats fine ; that is, it consists... | |
 | 1841 - 982 pàgines
...tinproportion of seventy-nine to seventy-two nearly. The carnt, used for weighing diamonds, is 3£ grains. The term, however, when used to express the...meaning only. Every mass of alloyed gold is supposed to he divided into twenty-four equal parts; thus tbe standard for coin 1 3. Ancient Weighti.—It i> well... | |
 | 1841 - 598 pàgines
...Avoirdupois ounce, 138^ carats nearly. The term carat is also used to express the fmeness of gold, and has a relative meaning only. Every mass of alloyed gold is supposed to be divided into 24 equal parts ; thus the standard for British gold coins is 22 carats fine, that is, it consists of 22 parts... | |
 | Charles Bathurst (schoolmaster.) - 1842 - 158 pàgines
...1 carat 1-*>1A carats 1 ounce Troy, hence the diamond carat is 3 ¿ grains nearly. The term carat, when used to express the fineness of gold, has a relative meaning only. The whole mass of alloyed gold is supposed to be divided into 24 equal parts, thus the standard for... | |
 | Alfred Crowquill - 1843 - 156 pàgines
...progression from 10,000 grains downwards to TJff of a grain. The carat, used for weighing diamonds, is 3J grains. The term, however, when used to express the...alloyed gold is supposed to be divided into 24 equal parts : thus the standard for coin is 22 carats fine ; that is, it consists of 22 parts of pure gold,... | |
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