| John Radford Young - Arithmetic - 1852 - 230 pages
...WEIGHTS. AVOIRDUPOIS. marks. 16 drams make 1 ounce (oz.) 16 ounces „ 1 pound (lb.) 28 pounds „ 1 quarter (qr.) 4 quarters, or 112 Ibs. „ 1 hundred-weight (cwt.) 20 hundred-weight „ 1 ton (t.) By this weight coarse and bulky goods are weighed, and all the common necessaries of life. The... | |
| Noble Heath - 1855 - 468 pages
...great weight. Avoirdupois Weight. 16 drachms, dr., make 1 ounce, oz. 16 ounces 1 pound, Ib. 28 pounds 1 quarter, qr. 4 quarters, or 112 Ibs 1 hundredweight, cwt. *20 hundredweight, or 2240 Ibs. 1 ton, T. A hundredweight is sometimes called a quintal. The pound Avoirdupois consists... | |
| Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1859 - 344 pages
...tr,.v. 16 Drams .-. . . = 1 ounce. oz. = 437.J 16 Ounces ... =1 pound. Ib. = 7000 28 Pounds . . . = 1 quarter. qr. 4 Quarters, or 112 Ibs. = 1 hundredweight. cwt. 20 Hundredwts., or22401bs. = 1 ton. T. A Stone is 14 pounds : 8 Stones, 1 cwt. A Cental, 100 pounds. 100... | |
| Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1860 - 152 pages
.... = 1 ounce. oz. = 437 j grs. troy. 16 Ounces . . . =1 pound. №. = 7000 » » 28 Pounds . . . . = 1 quarter. qr. 4 Quarters, or 112 Ibs. = 1 hundredweight. cwt. 20 Hundredwts., or 2240 IDS. = 1 ton. T. A Stone is 14 pounds : 8 Stones, a hundredweight. 100 Ounces... | |
| Adolf Sonnenschein - 1877 - 98 pages
...commercial transaction!). 16 drams (dr.).- = 1 <>unce (oz-) 16 ouncea = 1 P<"»>d (lb.) = 7000 grabs 28\bs = 1 quarter (qr.) 4 quarters, or 112 Ibs. = 1 hundred-weight (cwt). 20 hundred -weight = 1 ton (ton) Troy Weight (used in weighing Gold and Silver, <kc.). 24 grains - 1 pennyweight... | |
| Adolf Sonnenschein - 1880 - 496 pages
...= 1 pound (lb.} = 7000 grains 23 Ibs = 1 quarter (qr.) 4 qu.irters, or 112 Ibs. = 1 hundred -weight (cwt). 20 hundred-weight = 1 ton (ton) Troy Weight...Silver, &c.). 24 grains = 1 pennyweight (dwt.) 20 pennyweight» = 1 ounce (oz. ) 12 ounces = 1 pound (lb.) — 5700 grain» MEASURES OF CAPACITY. liquid.... | |
| Colin Arrott R. Browning - 1884 - 274 pages
...etc. 16 Drams (dn.) = 1 Ounce (02.) 16 Ounces = 1 Pound (Ib.) 14 Pounds = 1 Stone (st.) 28 Pounds = 1 Quarter (qr.) 4 Quarters, or 112 Ibs = 1 Hundredweight (cwt.) 20 Hundredweight = 1 Ton. The pound Avoirdupois contains 7000 grs. Troy. 144 Ibs. Avoirdupois = 175 Ibs. Troy. One gallon of... | |
| sir Frederick George D. Bedford - 1885 - 628 pages
...Ounce» (or 7000 Troy Grain«) . . . = 1 Pound (lb.) 14 Pourido . . . . . . . = 1 Stone 28 Found« = 1 Quarter (qr ) 4 Quarters (or 112 Ibs.) . . . . = 1 Hundredweight (cwt.) 20 Hundredweight = 1 Ton Thin weight is used in almost all commercial transactions. OLD APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT. 20 Grains . .... | |
| Nehemiah Hawkins - Industrial arts - 1909 - 710 pages
...28 IDS. each or 2240 Ibs. TABLE. 16 drams (dr.) make 1 ounce. oz. 16 ounces, 1 pound, ih. 28 pounds. 1 quarter, qr. 4 quarters or 112 Ibs., 1 hundred-weight, cwt, 20 hundred-weight, 1 long ton. of 2240 Ibs. T. 2000 Ibs. 1 short ton, T. Avow. — To declare openly, as something one is... | |
| Nehemiah Hawkins - Industrial arts - 1909 - 714 pages
...Ibs. each or 2240 Ibe. TABLE. 16 drams (dr.) make 1 ounce, . oz. 16 ounces, 1 pound, Ib. 28 pounds, 1 quarter, qr. 4 quarters or 112 Ibs., 1 hundred-weight, cwt. 20 hundred- weight, 1 long ton. of 2240 Ibe. T. 2000 Ibs. 1 short ton, T. Avow. — To declare openly,... | |
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