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COMMERCIAL WEIGHTS,
Compared with the most frequented ports according to the Dutch Standard Grains by which all weights are regulated.
Equal to in | United States or London, |
Amsterdam, | Cadiz, | Hamburg, | Havre, | Leghorn, | Petersburg, | Paris, | |
100 lbs. in | |||||||||
United States or London |
100 |
91 3/4 |
98 2/3 |
93 3/5 |
85 5/6 |
133 2/3 |
110 5/6 |
92 4/5 | |
Amsterdam | 108 2/3 | 100 | 107 1/6 | 102 | 93 1/2 | 145 1/2 | 120 3/4 | 100 4/5 | |
Cadiz | 101 1/2 | 93 1/3 | 100 | 95 | 87 1/6 | 135 3/4 | 112 1/2 | 94 1/7 | |
Hamburg | 106 2/3 | 98 | 105 | 100 | 91 2/3 | 142 1/2 | 118 1/2 | 98 3/4 | |
Havre | 116 2/3 | 107 | 114 2/3 | 109 1/6 | 100 | 155 2/3 | 129 1/6 | 108 | |
Leghorn | 74 4/5 | 68 3/4 | 73 2/3 | 70 | 64 1/5 | 100 | 83 | 69 1/3 | |
Petersburg | 90 | 84 4/5 | 88 2/3 | 84 1/3 | 77 1/4 | 120 1/4 | 100 | 83 1/2 | |
Paris | 107 3/4 | 99 | 106 1/4 | 101 | 92 1/2 | 144 | 119 3/4 | 100 |