pond

1

In the Netherlands and Surinam globe icon., 20ᵗʰ century¹, a unit of mass = 500 grams.

This metrified magnitude replaced a number of local values²:

Amsterdamsch pond chart symbol
494.09042 g
Antwerpsch & Delftsch pond = 32 lood
469.385 g
Haagsch pond
469.728 g
Keulsch pond
467.729 g, that is, 2 marks of Cologne
Nijmeegsch pond = 32 lood
470.56 g

1. United Nations, 1966. Technical Conversion Factors…, 1972, page 310.

2. W.C. H. Staring.
Staring's Lijst van alle Binnen- en Buitsenlandsche Maten, Gewichten en Munten… [3rd edition]
Schoonhoven: S. & W. N. Van Nooten.
Pages 20, 21.

2

In the 18ᵗʰ century, the Dutch troy pond was 492.16772 grams.

3

In the Netherlands, the apothecaries' pond = 375 grams. chart symbol

X A map showing the location of Surinam.

Where is Surinam?

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