I know that originally a pound was a measurement found by a certain number of grains of rice. Much like the length of a foot being the length of the sitting king this is an absurd way to determine it. Who counted them? I heard that there are about 29000 grains in a pound but I am not sure about that figure.
It is a measurement of mass, although often the term is also used as a unit of weight. There have been different versions of it in history - see more at the attached link. A pound is now defined as the mass equivalent to 0.45359237 kilograms.
A pound is also a unit of currency, in the United Kingdom and some Commonwealth countries.
A pound can be an enclosed space, such as a dog pound.
A European Pound
actually it just means pounds, not neccisarily European
One pound is is about 4.5 times heavier than 100 grams.
there are 16 ounces in a pound.
No. A pound weighs over 450 times more than a gram.
it is a pound of everything. so all will have the same weight.
a pound of butter does.
Neither. A pound is a pound is a pound.
pound is labeled lb., not pound
20 pound's 20 pound's 20 pound's 20 pound's 20 pound's 20 pound's
If the "pound" is a British Pound (Pound sterling), there are 100 "new pence" in a pound.
Pound for Pound was created on 1988-09-21.
It depends on what day it is. It also depends on what kind of pound you are talking about: Pound sterling Egyptian pound Lebanese pound Sudanese pound Syrian pound
It depends on what day it is. It also depends on what kind of pound you are talking about: Pound sterling Egyptian pound Lebanese pound Sudanese pound Syrian pound
a pound...as much as a pound of feathers. A pound is a pound, after all.
a pound is a pound is a pound!!!a pound of anything always weighs a pound doesn't matter if it is feathers or bricks!!!
A pound.
1 pound = 1 pound
lb is a pound