Weights from the Castlereagh Collection for Ostend (France). Boxed set of 9 brass cylindrical knobbed weights for the Metric Livre and 8 flat grain weights.
Details
- Category:
- Weighing & Measuring
- Object Number:
- 1932-229
- Materials:
- complete, brass (copper, zinc alloy) and wood (unidentified)
- Measurements:
-
12 gn: .001 kg
18 gn: .001 kg
24 Gn - Grain Weights: .001 kg
1 demigros: .002 kg
1 gros: .004 kg
2 gros: .008 kg
4 gros: .016 kg
1 once: .031 kg
4 onces: .126 kg
1/2 Livre: .252 kg
1 Livre - Boxed set of weights for gold & silver: .503 kg
1 gn:
2 gn:
3 gn:
4 gn:
5 gn:
6 gn:
- credit:
- Board of Trade (Castlereagh Collection)
