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unit of mass by the Weights and Measures Act 1824 and its use was abolished in the UK on 1 January 1879, with only the troy ounce and its decimal subdivisions retained. The Weights and Measures Act 1855 made the avoirdupois pound the primary unit of mass. In all the systems, the fundamental unit is the pound, and all other units are defined as fractions or multiples

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