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Page 15 - ... the ratio of the ovendry weight of a sample to the weight of a volume of water equal to the volume of the sample at some specific moisture content, as green, air-dry, or ovendry.
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Page 18 - The Quotient is the number of times the divisor is contained in the dividend. The Remainder is the part of the dividend which is left undivided.
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| Title | Elementary Arithmetic: With Brief Notices of Its History, Volumes 1-12 Elementary Arithmetic: With Brief Notices of Its History, Robert Potts |
| Author | Robert Potts |
| Publisher | Relfe bros., 1876 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 22 Oct 2007 |
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