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Page 95 - TIME 60 seconds (sec.) = 1 minute (min.) 60 minutes =1 hour (hr.) 24...
Page 95 - Dry Measure 2 pints (pt.) =1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts = 1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu.) 2150.42 cu.
Page 42 - The number below the line is called the denominator, .яла shows the number of equal parts into which the unit is divided. The number above the line is called the numerator, and shows how many parts are expressed by the fraction.
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Page 37 - Divide the greater number by the less, and that divisor by the remainder, and so on ; always dividing the last divisor by the last remainder, till nothing remains ; the last divisor is the greatest common divisor required.
Page 91 - Weight is used by apothecaries and physicians in weighing medicines. TABLE. 20 Grains (gr.) = 1 Scruple . . . sc., or Э 3 Scruples = 1 Dram .... dr., or 3 8 Drams = 1 Ounce .... oz., or § 12 Ounces = 1 Pound .... Ib., or ft №. 02.
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| Title | An Elementary Intellectual Arithmetic: Containing Numerous Origional Contractions in Multiplication |
| Authors | Daniel Leach, Robert Swan |
| Publisher | Jenks, Hickling & Swan, 1853 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 6 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 160 pages |
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