Junior High School Mathematics: Book One, Volume 1D.C. Heath & Company, 1921 |
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Page 220 - Liquid Measure 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt.) 4 quarts = 1 gallon (gal...
Page 221 - TIME 60 seconds (sec.) = 1 minute (min.) 60 minutes = 1 hour (hr.) 24 hours = 1 day (da.) 7 days = 1 week (wk.) 365 days = 1 common year...
Page 219 - SQUARE MEASURE 144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 9 square feet — 1 square yard (sq.
Page 220 - TROY WEIGHT. 24 grains (gr.) = 1 pennyweight (pwt.). 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce (oz.). 12 ounces = 1 pound (lb.). 351. Apothecaries' weight is used in mixing medicines and in selling them at retail. APOTHECARIES
Page 219 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints — 1 quart (qt...
Page 219 - CUBIC MEASURE 1728 cubic inches (cu. in.) = 1 cubic foot (cu. ft.) 27 cubic feet = 1 cubic yard (cu. yd.) 128 cubic feet = 1 cord (cd...
Page 220 - AVoIRDUPOIS WEIGHT 16 ounces (oz.) = 1 pound (Ib.). 100 pounds = 1 hundredweight (cwt.). 20 hundredweight = 1 ton (T.).
Page 103 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November ; All the rest have thirty-one, Except the second month alone, Which has but twenty-eight, in fine, Till leap year gives it twenty-nine.
Page 221 - Money 100 pfennige = 1 mark 1 mark = 28.8 cents Miscellaneous Measures Numbers Paper 12 units = 1 dozen (doz.) 24 sheets = 1 quire 20 units = 1 score 20 quires = 1 ream 12 dozen = 1 gross (gr.) 2 reams = 1 bundle 12 gross = 1 great gross 5 bundles = 1 bale Some Standard Weights (Used in most of the States) Wheat . . . . . . 60 Ib.
Page 220 - MEASURE 60 minims (lt\,) = 1 fluid dram (f 3) 8 fluid drams = 1 fluid ounce (f 3 ) 16 fluid ounces = 1 pint (O) 8 pints = 1 gallon (cong...