The Pound

[Robin54]

Morning all
Does anyone know if the English Pound is the SAME weight as the American Pound. Ive had a look on the inter web and can't seem to get an answer.
Thanks

 

[JapanBrew]

Being American I really wish I could answer that. Isn't a pound.47 kg? Decades ago I switched to metric so for me, it's hard to make out. I use google to convert degrees and such.

 

[Razor]

I don't know if there is a difference, but a british pound is approx. 0.45kg or 1kg is aprox. 2.2lb if that helps

 

[hoptoit]

They are the same weight. The only difference is if you where going as far as hundred weight. Then the UK it's 112lb and US is 100lb.

 

[Robin54]

They are the same weight. The only difference is if you where going as far as hundred weight. Then the UK it's 112lb and US is 100lb.

Thanks hoptoit. I will assume you are correct, that they are both the same. i.e. that the American and British pound are the same weight. I obviously knew the metric equivalents. Thanks.

 

[Cwrw666]

Typical Americans - could there be anything more ridiculous than a hundredweight being a hundred ponds!

 

[IainM]

Yes, they are both the same thing, the avoirdupois pound (0.45359 kg), as opposed to the troy pound, London Pound, merchants pound or tower pound, which are different. Incidentally, and seeing this is a brewing forum, Imperial weights and distances were originally defined by the weight and dimension of barley grains. A grain weighs 64.8 mg, and an avoirdupois lb is exactly 7000 grains, so if your scales break, you can always count the grains out one by one :-?

 

[Pope]

I don't know the answer...I just wish everyone would just use the metric system...it's far easier and avoids this confusion.

 

[Robin54]

Yes, they are both the same thing, the avoirdupois pound (0.45359 kg), as opposed to the troy pound, London Pound, merchants pound or tower pound, which are different. Incidentally, and seeing this is a brewing forum, Imperial weights and distances were originally defined by the weight and dimension of barley grains. A grain weighs 64.8 mg, and an avoirdupois lb is exactly 7000 grains, so if your scales break, you can always count the grains out one by one :-?

Iain...my head is spinning mate....stop!

 

[Robin54]

I don't know the answer...I just wish everyone would just use the metric system...it's far easier and avoids this confusion.

Crazy isn't it and not really brewing related, but..
I saw a recipe (American), where the grain bill was in pounds and the hop additions in grams...now how is that for gross stupidity?

 

[BeardySi]

Typical Americans - could there be anything more ridiculous than a hundredweight being a hundred ponds!

Sounds suspiciously metric to me.... Stone them!

On a serious note, imperial measurements do my nut in. Seriously America catch up with the 18th century!

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[mattellis70]

No difference


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[JapanBrew]

Stone them!? Stone? Stone.. wait???

 

[BeardySi]

See what I did there?

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[Cwrw666]

Crazy isn't it and not really brewing related, but..
I saw a recipe (American), where the grain bill was in pounds and the hop additions in grams...now how is that for gross stupidity?

Er, that's how I write out all my recipes.
Maybe it has something to do with my kitchen scales being in Lbs & ounces, but the smaller one I use for hops does both but reads easier in grams.

Mind you in our house when we're measuring carpentry stuff we use feet & inches, but for smaller measurements we use metric because using 64ths of an inch is a bit much.

By the way I'm in my sixties so started primary school with imperial and finished up with metric. Having said that both my kids do the same as I do and they've had nowt but metric all through school...