 | Alfred Kirk, Henry Holmes Belfield - Arithmetic - 1876 - 220 pages
...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... | |
 | 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.... . . = 1 hundredweight cwt. 2000 pounds . . . = 1 ton . . . . T. 151. The long ton of 2240 pounds is used in weighing goods at the custom houses and... | |
 | Wooster Woodruff Beman, David Eugene Smith - Arithmetic - 1897 - 234 pages
...pints = 1 quart. 8 quarts = 1 peck (pk.). 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu.) = 2150. 42* cu. in. AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. 16 ounces (oz.) = 1 pound (Ib.). 100 pounds = 1 hundredweight (cwt.). 2000 pounds = 1 ton (t.). 2240 pounds = 1 long ton, little used in America except in wholesale transactions in mining... | |
 | 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 hundredweight (cwt.). 2000 pounds = 1 ton (t.). The long ton is used in the United States Custom Houses and in wholesale transactions in... | |
 | James Alexander McLellan, Albert Flintoft Ames - Arithmetic - 1897 - 368 pages
...metals, and medicines when dispensed. The prime unit of weight is 1 pound Avoirdupois. AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT 16 ounces (oz.) = 1 pound (Ib.) 100 pounds = 1 hundredweight (cwt.) 20 hundredweight = 1 ton (T. ) In the United States Custom House, and in weighing iron and coal at... | |
 | James Alexander McLellan, Albert Flintoft Ames - Arithmetic - 1897 - 368 pages
...metals, and medicines when dispensed. The prime unit of weight is 1 pound Avoirdupois. AvoiRDnpois WEIGHT 16 ounces (oz.) = 1 pound (Ib.) 100 pounds = 1 hundredweight (cwt.) 20 hundredweight = 1 ton (T.) In the United States Custom House, and in weighing iron and coal at the... | |
 | James Alexander McLellan, Albert Flintoft Ames - Arithmetic - 1898 - 280 pages
...quart (qt.) 8 quarts = 1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks, or 32 quarts = 1 bushel (bu.) UNITS OF WEIGHT Avoirdupois Weight 16 ounces (oz.) = 1 pound (Ib.) 100 pounds = 1 hundredweight (cwt.) 2000 pounds, or 20 hundredweight = 1 ton (T.) UNITS OF LKNGTH Long Measure 12 inches (in.) = 1 foot (ft.) 3 feet... | |
 | George Edward Atwood - Arithmetic - 1899 - 392 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.... . . = 1 hundredweight cwt. 2000 pounds . . . = 1 ton . . . . T. 151. The long ton of 2240 pounds is used in weighing goods at the custom houses and... | |
 | James Alexander McLellan, Albert Flintoft Ames - Arithmetic - 1899 - 160 pages
...shillings = 1 pound (£) 5 shillings = 1 crown 21 shillings = 1 guinea UNITS OF WEIGHT AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT 16 ounces (oz.) = 1 pound (Ib.) 100 pounds = 1 hundredweight (cwt.) 20 hundredweight = 1 ton (T.) 1 pound Avoirdupois = 7000 grains 1 ounce Avoirdupois = 437J grains TROY... | |
 | George Edward Atwood - Arithmetic - 1901 - 152 pages
...gallons each, or in hogsheads (hhd.) of 63 gallons each. In commerce, these vary in size. AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT 16 ounces (oz.) . . . = 1 pound ..... Ib. 100........ =1 hundredweight. . cwt. 2000 pounds ..... = 1 ton ...... T. One pound Avoirdupois = 7000 grains. The long ton of 2240 pounds is used in the United... | |
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WEIGHT 16 ounces (oz.) = 1 pound (Ib.) 100 pounds =1 hundredweight (cwt.) 2000 pounds = 1 ton (T... 
