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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 |
091 3/4 |
098 2/3 |
093 3/5 |
085 5/6 |
133 2/3 |
110 5/6 |
092 4/5 | |
Amsterdam | 108 2/3 | 100 | 107 1/6 | 102 | 093 1/2 | 145 1/2 | 120 3/4 | 100 4/5 | |
Cadiz | 101 1/2 | 093 1/3 | 100 | 095 | 087 1/6 | 135 3/4 | 112 1/2 | 094 1/7 | |
Hamburg | 106 2/3 | 098 | 105 | 100 | 091 2/3 | 142 1/2 | 118 1/2 | 098 3/4 | |
Havre | 116 2/3 | 107 | 114 2/3 | 109 1/6 | 100 | 155 2/3 | 129 1/6 | 108 | |
Leghorn | 074 4/5 | 068 3/4 | 073 2/3 | 070 | 064 1/5 | 100 | 083 | 069 1/3 | |
Petersburg | 090 | 084 4/5 | 088 2/3 | 084 1/3 | 077 1/4 | 120 1/4 | 100 | 083 1/2 | |
Paris | 107 3/4 | 099 | 106 1/4 | 101 | 092 1/2 | 144 | 119 3/4 | 100 |