| Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1874 - 172 pages
...Avoirdupois Weight is used for all the ordinary purposes of weighing. TABLE. ( 32000 oz. 1 T. = J - 2000 Ib. 16 Ounces (oz.) = 1 Pound . . . . Ib. 100 Pounds = 1 Hundredweight cwt. 20 cwt., or2000Ib.= 1 Ton T. ( 20 cwt The ounce is often divided into halves, quarters, etc. 2. The following... | |
| Alfred Kirk, Henry Holmes Belfield - Arithmetic - 1876 - 220 pages
...used in 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 in Ureat Britain,... | |
| Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1877 - 560 pages
...367. Avoirdupois Weight is used for weighing everything except jewels, precious metals, etc. TABLE. 16 ounces (oz.) . = 1 pound . . Ib. 100 pounds . . =1 hundredweight cwt. 20 hundredweight . = 1 Ton . . T. T. cwt. Ib. oz. 1 = 20 = 2000 = 32000 1 = 100 = 1600. SCALE.—Ascending, 16, 100, 20; descending,... | |
| William James Milne - Arithmetic - 1877 - 418 pages
...heavy articles, as hay, grain, groceries, coal, etc., and the metals, except </old mid silver. TABLE. 16 Ounces (oz.) = 1 Pound Ib. 100 Pounds = 1 Hundred-weight . cwt. 20 Hundred-weight = 1 Ton T. T. cwt. Ib. m. 1 = 20 = 2000 = 32000 Scale—16,100, 20. 1. In weighing coal at the mines and... | |
| Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1883 - 364 pages
...Avoirdupois iveights are used for all the ordinary purposes of weighing. TABLE OP UNITS. EQUIVALENTS. 16 Ounces (oz.) = 1 Pound, Ib. 100 Pounds = 1 Hundredweight, cwt. 20 Cwt., or 2000 Pounds = 1 Ton, T. \T.= 32000 oz. 2000 0. 20 cwt. The Long Ton of 2240 Ib. is seldom... | |
| Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1883 - 186 pages
...Avoirdupois weight. 95. Avoirdupois Weight is used for all the ordinary purposes of weighing. TABLE. 16 Ounces (oz.) = 1 Pound, . . . Ib. 100 Pounds = 1 Hundredweight, cwt. 20 cwt., or 2000 Ib. = 1 Ton, . . . T. MEASURES OF CAPACITY. 96. Liquid Measures are used in measuring... | |
| Andrew Jackson Rickoff - 1888 - 464 pages
...purposes of trade, Avoirdupois Weight is used. The standard unit is the pound of 7000 grains. Table. 18 Ounces (oz.) = 1 Pound (Ib.). 100 Pounds = 1 Hundredweight (cwt.). 20 Hundredweight = 1 Ton (T.). The term cental is beginning to be used for hundredweight. Equivalents. 1 Ton = 20 Hundredweight... | |
| Warren H. Sadler, William Russell Will - Business mathematics - 1890 - 312 pages
...§ ); 12 ounces = 1 pound (ft). 159. Avoirdupois "Weight is the customary weight of commerce. Scale: 16 ounces (oz.) = 1 pound (Ib.); 100 pounds = 1 hundredweight (cwt.); 20 hundredweights = 1 ton (T.). RP:M.—While the corresponding denominations of Troy Weight and Apothecaries'... | |
| William James Milne - Arithmetic - 1892 - 440 pages
...heavy articles, as hay, grain, groceries, coal, etc., and the metals, except gold and silver. TABLE. 16 Ounces (oz.) = 1 Pound Ib. 100 Pounds = 1 Hundred-weight . cwt. 20 Hundred-weight = 1 Ton T. T. CWt. Ib. OZ. 1 = 20 = 2000 = 32000 Scale.— 20, 100, 16. 1. In weighing coal at the mines... | |
| John Williston Cook, Nebraska C. Cropsey - Arithmetic - 1893 - 316 pages
...gold, silver, and precious stones. The denominations are ounces, pounds, htindred-weights, and tons. 16 ounces (oz.) = 1 pound (Ib.). 100 pounds = 1 hundred-weight (cwt.). 20 hundred-weight, 2000 Ib. = 1 ton (T.). 60 pounds of wheat — 1 bushel. 56 " corn or rye =1 " 32 " oats =1 « 100 "... | |
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