VOUnits RFC

[Norman Gray]

Kirk, hello.

On 2013 Jul 26, at 13:22, Kirk D Borne <kborne at gmu.edu> wrote:

> Hey Norman!  That's an old school puzzle (for us old guys). :)  The pound of feathers weighs more because gold is measured in Troy pounds = 12 troy ounces, which is approx. 13 ounces avdp.  A pound of feathers weighs 16 oz avdp.  :)

Confound you, sir!  You have exhausted my supply of imperial metrological arcana.  Not _the_ supply, mind, but all the ones I can remember.

All the best,

Norman


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