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Weekly Photo Challenge Mar 5th - Mar 11th "Half."
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<blockquote data-quote="Silversnapper" data-source="post: 830230" data-attributes="member: 52909"><p>First out of the stalls this week when I took the opportunity for this shot. A 'State-of-the-Art' system back in the day, I'm told this set was a wedding present circa 1929/30 and saw many years of service before being consigned to long term storage (shoved in a shed). The weights, starting with 1lb or 16 ounces, with each subsequent weight being half the preceding one - which hopefully qualifies it for this challenge. The 1oz (ounce) and 1/4oz appear to be of a later provenance.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]416378[/ATTACH]</p><p> For anyone who may be interested, this was the 'Avoirdupois' system of weight measurement, apparently first used around the 13 Century A.D. and described in the Oxford dictionary thus:</p><p>Avoidupois</p><p>a system of weights based on a pound of 16 ounces or 7,000 grains, widely used in English-speaking countries.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silversnapper, post: 830230, member: 52909"] First out of the stalls this week when I took the opportunity for this shot. A 'State-of-the-Art' system back in the day, I'm told this set was a wedding present circa 1929/30 and saw many years of service before being consigned to long term storage (shoved in a shed). The weights, starting with 1lb or 16 ounces, with each subsequent weight being half the preceding one - which hopefully qualifies it for this challenge. The 1oz (ounce) and 1/4oz appear to be of a later provenance. [ATTACH type="full"]416378[/ATTACH] For anyone who may be interested, this was the 'Avoirdupois' system of weight measurement, apparently first used around the 13 Century A.D. and described in the Oxford dictionary thus: Avoidupois a system of weights based on a pound of 16 ounces or 7,000 grains, widely used in English-speaking countries. [/QUOTE]
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