 Weight is used in weighing all articles except gold, silver, and precious stones. 16 ounces (oz.) = 1 pound (Ib.). 100 pounds = 1 hundredweight (cwt.). 2000 pounds = 1 ton (T.). The long ton is used in the United States customhouses and in wholesale transactions...  The Natural Arithmetic: Book I-[III] - Page 249by Isaac Oscar Winslow - 1901Full view - About this book
 | George Albert Wentworth, George Anthony Hill - Arithmetic - 1887 - 448 pages
...ounces = 1 pound (lb.). Avoirdupois Weight. 16 drams (dr.) = 1 ounce (oz.). 16 ounces = 1 pound (lb.). 100 pounds = 1 hundredweight (cwt.). 2000 pounds = 1 ton (t.). The long ton is still used in the United States Custom Houses and in wholesale transactions in iron and coal. 112 pounds... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - 1889 - 476 pages
...(oz.) 12 ounces — 1 pound (Ib.). Avoirdupois Weight. 16 drams (dr.) — 1 ounce (oz.). 16 ounces — 1 pound (Ib.). 100 pounds — 1 hundredweight (cwt.). 2000 pounds - 1 ton (t.). The long ton is still used in the United States Custom Houses and in wholesale transactions in iron and coal. 112 pounds... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - Algebra - 1892 - 312 pages
...pound (lb.). Avoirdupois Weight. 18 drams (dr.) — 1 ounce (oz.). 16 ounces • — 1 pound (lb.). 100 pounds — 1 hundredweight (cwt.). 2000 pounds - 1 ton (t.). The long ton is still used in the United States Custom Houses and in wholesale transactions in iron and coal. 112 pounds... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - Arithmetic - 1893 - 242 pages
...articles except gold, silver, and precious stones. TABLE. »•£•'< 16 ounces (oz.) = 1 pound (lb.). 2000 pounds = 1 ton (t.). The long ton is used in the United States Custom Houses and in wholesale transactions in iron and coal. 112 pounds Avoirdupois = 1 long hundredweight... | |
 | George Edward Atwood - Arithmetic - 1894 - 396 pages
...bushel contains 2150.42 cubic inches. 150. Avoirdupois Weight is used in weighing all common articles. 16 ounces (oz.) . . . = 1 pound . . . Ib. 100 pounds...hundredweight cwt. 2000 pounds . . . = 1 ton . . . . T. 151. The long ton of 2240 pounds is used in weighing goods at the custom houses and weighing coal at... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - 1894 - 318 pages
...— 1 pound (lb.). Avoirdupois Weight. 18 drams (dr.) = 1 ounce (oz.). 16 ounces — 1 pound (lb.). 100 pounds — 1 hundredweight (cwt.). 2000 pounds - 1 ton (t.). The long ton is still used in the United States Custom Houses and in wholesale transactions in iron and coal. 112 pounds... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - Arithmetic - 1895 - 268 pages
...articles except gold, silver, and precious stones. 16 ounces (oz.) 2000 pounds TABLE. = 1 pound (lb.). = 1 ton (t.). The long ton is used in the United States Custom Houses and in wholesale transactions in iron and coal. 112 pounds Avoirdupois = 1 long hundredweight... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - Arithmetic - 1896 - 318 pages
...(oz.) 12 ounces — 1 pound (1b.). Avoirdupois Weight. 16 drams (dr.) = 1 ounce (oz.). 16 ounces — 1 pound (Ib.). 100 pounds — 1 hundredweight (cwt.). .2000 pounds - 1 ton (t.). The long ton is still used in the United States Custom Houses and in wholesale transactions in iron and coal. 112 pounds... | |
 | John Williston Cook, Nebraska Cropsey - Arithmetic - 1896 - 452 pages
...articles of merchandise. 8. Avoirdupois Weight. TABLE. 16 oz. = 1 Ib. 2000 Ib. = 1 ton (T.). NOTE 1. The long ton is used in the United States custom.houses and in the Eastern States in weighing coal and iron. 28 Ib. = 1 quarter (qr.). 4 qr. = 1 hundred weight (cwt.).... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - Arithmetic - 1901 - 440 pages
...Avoirdupois Weight is used in weighing all articles except gold, silver, and precious stones. TABLE. 16 ounces (oz.) = 1 pound (Ib.). 100 pounds — 1...ton (t.). The long ton is used in the United States Custom Houses and in wholesale transactions in iron and coal. 112 pounds Avoirdupois = 1 long hundredweight.... | |
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