12 troy ounces = 1 troy pound
But that still doesn't make it a base-12 system. You can just as accurately
call it base 2 (pints in a quart), 3 (feet in a yard), 4 (quarts in a
gallon), 5.5 (yards in a rod), 10 (chains in a furlong), 16 (ounces in a
pound or US pint), 20 (ounces in an imperial pint), or even 231 (cubic
inches in a US gallon).
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joseph B. Reid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2000 09:02
Subject: [USMA:9408] Re: Wanna go back to shillings and pence?
> Paul Trusten wrote in an otherwise excellent posting (USMA 9392):
>
> >The duodecimal units of measurement were for a former time, while the
> >>International System of Units is for our time,
>
> In my memory Britain had
> 12 pence = 1 shilling
> 12 inches = 1 foot.
> The penny and the shilling have now gone. I don't think that 12 inches =
1
> foot qualifies the mess of imperial units to be called duodecimal.
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