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Weight/Mass | Convert from oncia [Italy] to fother [lead] |
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Common Weight Conversions Metric Weight Conversions Unit Definition (oncia [Italy]) The onça, once, oncia, onza is traditional names for the ounce unit in Romance languages. The Italian oncia or onza is no longer used, but traditionally it equaled 1/12 libra or about 27.3 grams (0.96 ounce). Unit Definition (fother [lead]) The fother is a traditional English unit of weight for lead. The fother, equal to 30 fotmals, was always a little smaller than a (long) ton. The original version seems to have been equivalent to 2160 avoirdupois pounds, and the version still being used in the nineteenth century was equal to 19.5 hundredweight or 2184 pounds.
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