Pund
Appearance
![Ane pund avoirdupois wecht](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/One_pound_avoirdupois_weight_-_Mus%C3%A9e_des_arts_et_m%C3%A9tiers_-_Inv_3287_-_01.jpg/220px-One_pound_avoirdupois_weight_-_Mus%C3%A9e_des_arts_et_m%C3%A9tiers_-_Inv_3287_-_01.jpg)
The pund (cutty form: lb, lbm, whiles # in the Unitit States) is a unit o mass uised in the imperial, Unitit States customar an ither seestems o meisurment. A nummer o sindry defineetions haes been uised, the maist common the day bein the internaitional avoirdupois pund o exactly 0.45359237 kilogramme.
Touer pund
[eedit | eedit soorce]A Touer pund wis a unit o wecht equal tae 5400 grains (juist ower 3/4 o an ordinar (avoirdupois) pund). The Breetish money unit is cried a "pound" acause it wis oreeginally a Touer pund o siller (wirth aboot £38 the day). The wecht staundart wis cheenged tae the Troy pund (5760 grains) in 1528.