 | Daniel Barnard Hagar - Arithmetic - 1872 - 352 pages
...Avoirdupois Weights are those used in weighing produce, groceries, iron, etc. TABLE. 16 ounces (oz.) are 1 pound Ib. 100 pounds '" 1 hundred-weight , . . cwt. 20 hundred-weight " 1 ton T. 1T. = 20 cwt. = 2000 Ib. = 32000 oz. 332. In collecting duties upon foreign goods, at the United States... | |
 | Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1874 - 172 pages
...Avoirdupois Weight is used for all the ordinary purposes of weighing. TABLE. ( 32000 oz. 1 T. = J - 2000 Ib. 16 Ounces (oz.) = 1 Pound . . . . Ib. 100 Pounds = 1 Hundredweight cwt. 20 cwt., or2000Ib.= 1 Ton T. ( 20 cwt The ounce is often divided into halves, quarters, etc. 2. The following... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Arithmetic - 1875 - 346 pages
...estimated by weight, except gold, silver, and jewels. Tatole. 16 drams (dr.) are 1 ounce, oz. 16 ounces, 1 pound, Ib. 100 pounds, 1 hundred-weight, cwt. 20 hundred-weight, 1 ton, T. Also, 25 pounds are 1 quarter (qr.). The dram as a unit is used chiefly by manufacturers of silk, silktrimmings,... | |
 | Alfred Kirk, Henry Holmes Belfield - Arithmetic - 1876 - 220 pages
...used in weighing merchandise that is bought and sold by weight, such as groceries, coal, etc. TABLE OF AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. 16 ounces (oz.) = 1 pound (Ib.)...100 pounds = 1 hundredweight (cwt.) 20 hundredweight = ) , ^Qn /rp \ 2000 pounds = ] NOTE.-Tbe "long ton," containing 2240 Ib., is used in Ureat Britain,... | |
 | Edgar Arthur Singer - Mental arithmetic - 1876 - 198 pages
...denominations of avoirdupois weights are ounce, pound, hundred-weight, and ton. Table. 16 ounces (oz.) are 1 pound, Ib. 100 pounds " 1 hundred-weight, cwt. 20 hundred-weight " 1 ton, T. In- weighing coal and iron, and in a few other cases, the gross hundred-weight of 112 pounds, and the gross... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Arithmetic - 1876 - 230 pages
...estimated by weight, except gold, silver, and jewels. Table. 16 drams (dr.) are 1 ounce, oz. 16 ounces, 1 pound, Ib. 100 pounds, 1 hundred-weight, cwt. 20 hundred-weight, 1 ton, T. Also, 25 pounds are 1 quarter; 2000 pounds 1 ton. Formerly 112 pounds were reckoned a hundred-weight,... | |
 | William James Milne - Arithmetic - 1877 - 418 pages
...heavy articles, as hay, grain, groceries, coal, etc., and the metals, except </old mid silver. TABLE. 16 Ounces (oz.) = 1 Pound Ib. 100 Pounds = 1 Hundred-weight . cwt. 20 Hundred-weight = 1 Ton T. T. cwt. Ib. m. 1 = 20 = 2000 = 32000 Scale—16,100, 20. 1. In weighing coal at the mines and in... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1877 - 564 pages
...367. Avoirdupois Weight is used for weighing everything except jewels, precious metals, etc. TABLE. 16 ounces (oz.) . = 1 pound . . Ib. 100 pounds . . =1 hundredweight cwt. 20 hundredweight . = 1 Ton . . T. T. cwt. Ib. oz. 1 = 20 = 2000 = 32000 1 = 100 = 1600. SCALE.—Ascending, 16, 100, 20; descending,... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1877 - 160 pages
...estimated by weight except gold, silver, and jewels. TABLE. 16 drams (dr.) are 1 ounce, oz. 16 ounces, 1 pound, Ib. 100 pounds, 1 hundred-weight, cwt. 20 hundred-weight. 1 ton, T. OS. 1- How many ounces in 1 pound? In 2 pounds ? In 5 pounds ? In 10 pounds ? In 32 drams ? 2. How... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1877 - 438 pages
...Avoirdupois Weight is used for weigb.ug overy thing except jewels, precious metals, etc. TABLE. 16 ounces . . =1 pound, . . . Ib. 100 pounds . . =1 hundredweight, cwt. 20 hundredweight . = 1 ton, . . T. I. NAME. — The term Avoirdupois is probably from the F»euch avoir dv poidSj to have vtiijht.... | |
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AVoIRDUPOIS WEIGHT 16 ounces (oz.) = 1 pound (Ib.). 100 pounds = 1 hundredweight (cwt.). 20 hundredweight = 1 ton (T.). 
