Agnostic needs help with bible study

[John H. Robinson, IV]

Ralph Shumaker wrote:
> 
> But we *do* have a modern day example of a term of 
> measurement having two different meanings depending upon what is being 
> measured.  If you are weighing wheat (or almost anything else) you have 
> 16 ounces to a pound.  But if you are weighing gold (or silver or 
> _______) you have only 10 ounces to a pound.
                         ^^ 12

That is called a troy pound. To make matters worse, a troy ounce does not
weigh the same as a ``regular'' ounce.

1 troy ounce = 31.1034768 grams
1 ounce = 28.3495231 grams
1 troy pound = 373.2417216 grams
1 pound = 453.59237 grams

-john