ANCIENT WEIGHTS — 2nd ed. (1778

ANCIENT WEIGHTS, 1. Those of the ancient Jews, reduced to the English Troy weights, will stand as in the following table:

		lb.	oz.	dwt.	gr.
Shekel	-	-	0	0	9 2 $\frac{1}{2}$
60	Maneh	-	2	3	6 10 $\frac{1}{2}$
3000	50 Talent	-	113	10	1 10 $\frac{1}{2}$

2. Grecian and Roman weights, reduced to English Troy weight; will stand as in the following table:

		oz.	dwt.	gr.
Lentes	-	0	0	0 $\frac{1}{2}$
4	Siliquæ	-	0	0 3 $\frac{1}{8}$
12	3 Obolus	-	0	0 9 $\frac{1}{8}$
24	6 2 Scriptulum	-	0	0 18 $\frac{1}{4}$
72	18 6 3 Drachma	-	0	2 6 $\frac{1}{2}$
96	24 8 4 1 $\frac{1}{2}$ Sextula	-	0	3 0 $\frac{1}{2}$
144	36 12 6 2 1 $\frac{1}{2}$ Sicilicus	-	0	4 13 $\frac{1}{2}$
192	48 16 8 2 $\frac{1}{2}$ 2 1 $\frac{1}{2}$ Duella	-	0	6 1 $\frac{1}{2}$
576	144 48 24 8 6 4 3 Uncia	-	0	18 5 $\frac{1}{2}$
6912	1728 576 288 96 72 48 36 12 Libra	-	10	18 13 $\frac{1}{2}$

The Roman ounce is the English averdupois ounce, which they divided into 7 denarii, as well as 8 drachms; and since they reckoned their denarius equal to the Attic drachm, this will make the Attic weights one eight heavier than the corresponding Roman weights.