The answer to my trick question (if anybody wishes to 'borrow' it for quizes etc) is that a pound of feathers is heavier than a pound of gold (and other precious metals and jewels) because one uses 'ordinary' avoirdupois pounds (of sixteen ounces) and the other uses troy pounds of twelve, lighter, ounces.
Would this bit of information amuse Orac?
Jacqui
Jacqui wrote
The answer to my trick question (if anybody wishes to 'borrow' it for
quizzes etc) is that a pound of feathers is heavier than a pound of gold (and other precious metals and jewels) because one uses 'ordinary' avoirdupois pounds (of sixteen ounces) and the other uses troy pounds of twelve, lighter, ounces.
Would this bit of information amuse Orac?
Yes, but he would mutter something about illogical humans. --Ann
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