Mercantile Tables, Containing Calculations of Discounts, from Half to Fifty Per Cent. on Six-pence to One Thousand Pounds. Tables of Profit and Loss ...: Tables of Interest, at Five Per Cent. from One to One Hundred Days, and from One to Twelve Months. Tables of Wages, Income Or Expences, Per Month, Week Or Day. Tables of English and Irish Money, at Par List of Commercial Stamps, &c |
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Mercantile Tables, Containing Calculations of Discounts, from Half to Fifty ... J R Hopwood No preview available - 2016 |
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Page 114 - LENGTH. 12 inches = 1 foot 3 feet = 1 yard 5| yards = 1 pole or perch 40 poles =• 1 furlong 8 furlongs = 1 mile 3 miles = 1 league...
Page 115 - J 640 acres . . . . 1 square mile 30 acres . . . . 1 yard of land 100 acres ... . . 1 hide of land 40 hides ... .1 barony CUBIC MEASURE.
Page 114 - Weight. , -, 16 drams make 1 ounce 16 ounces ; 1 pound 28 pounds 1 quarter 4 quarters, or...
Page 114 - Measure 4 gills = 1 pint. 2 pints = 1 quart. 4 quarts = 1 gallon. 10 gallons = 1 anker. 18 gallons = 1 runlet or rundlet.
Page 115 - Ale and Beer Measure. 2 Pints . . make 1 Quart 4 Quarts . „ 1 Gallon 9 Gallons . „ 1 Firkin 2 Firkins . „ 1 Kilderkin 2 Kilderkins make 1 Barrel 1J Barrel „ 1 Hogshead 2 Hogsheads „ 1 Butt 144 Quarts
Page 115 - Gallon. 42 Gallons - - - - 1 Tierce. 63 Gallons - - - - - 1 Hogshead. 84 Gallons - - - - - - 1 Puncheon. 2 Hogsheads - - - - 1 Pipe or Butt. : 2 Pipes or 4 Hogsheads 1 Tun.
Page 116 - Time are, year, month, week, day, hour, minute, and second. 60 seconds make 1 minute 60 minutes 1 hour 24 hours 1 day 7 days 1 week 4 weeks 1 month 13 months 1 day 6 hours, or > 1 common or 365 days 6 hours \ Julian year.
Page 116 - TIME. 60 seconds make 1 minute 60 minutes ... 1 hour 24 hours ... 1 day 7 days ... 1 week 4 weeks ... 1 month 12 calendar months, or 18 common \ months 1 day 6 hours, or 365 L ... ] year, days 6 hours J ANGULAR MEASURE. 63 seconds (") = 1 minute (') 60...
Page 114 - Quarters ... ... 1 ell French. Scotch and Irish linens are bought and sold by the yard ; but Dutch linens are bought by the ell Flemish, and sold by the ell English.