 | Nathan Daboll - Arithmetic - 1817 - 252 pages
...Weight. 24 grains (gr.) make 20 penny-weights, 12 ounces, 1 penny -weight, marked 1 ounce, 1 pound, 3. Avoirdupois Weight. 16 drams (dr.) make 1 ounce, 16 ounces, 1 pound, 18 pounds, 1 quarter of a hundred weight, 4 quarters, 1 hundred weight, 20 hundred weight, 1 ton, By... | |
 | Charles Davies, William Guy Peck - Electronic book - 1855 - 592 pages
...air. The following is the scale of the system of weights, viz : 20 4. 25. 16. 10. That is. 1C drams make 1 ounce, 16 ounces 1 pound, 25 pounds 1 quarter, 4 quarters 1 hundred-weight, and 20 hundred-weight 1 ton. A pound avoirdupois contains 7000 grains, whilst a pound... | |
 | Dana Pond Colburn - Arithmetic - 1856 - 392 pages
...silver,*and jewels, are weighed by what is called Avoirdupois Weight. TABLE OF AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. 16 drams = 1 ounce. 16 ounces = 1 pound. 25 pounds = 1 quarter. 4 quarters = 1 hundred weight. 20 hundred weight — 1 ton. (6.) The abbreviations made use of in this weight are T. for ton, cwt. for... | |
 | Dana Pond Colburn - 1857 - 188 pages
...16 dr. = 1 oz. 16 oz. = 1 Ib. 25 Ibs. = 1 qr. 4 qrs. = 1 cwt. 20 cwt.= l T. FULL TABLE. 16 drams = 1 ounce. 16 ounces = 1 pound. 25 pounds = 1 quarter. 4 quarters = 1 hundred weight. 20 hundred weight — 1 ton. NOTE. — Formerly the quarter was reckoned at 28 Ibs., the hundredweight... | |
 | Dana Pond Colburn - Arithmetic - 1858 - 388 pages
...jewels, are weighed by what is called Avoirdupois Weight. TABLE OF AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. 16 drams r= 1 ounce. 16 ounces = 1 pound. 25 pounds = 1 quarter. 4 quarters = 1 hundred weight. 20 hundred weight = 1 ton. (J.) The abbreviations made use of in this weight are T. for ton, cwt. for... | |
 | Dana Pond Colburn - 1859 - 84 pages
...bought and sold by the pound, are weighed by Avoirdupois Weight. TABLE OP AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. 16 drams = 1 ounce. 16 ounces = 1 pound. 25 pounds = 1 quarter. 4 quarters = 1 hundred weight. 20 hundred weight = 1 ton. NOTE. — Every primary school ought to be supplied with the means of ascertaining... | |
 | Dana Pond Colburn - Arithmetic - 1860 - 388 pages
...jewels, are weighed by what is called Avoirdupois Weight. TABLE CF AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. ,. 16 drams = 1 ounce. 16 ounces = 1 pound. 25 pounds = 1 quarter. 4 quarters rr 1 hundred weight. 20 hundred weight = 1 ton. (5.) The abbreviations made use of in this weight are... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - Arithmetic - 1864 - 120 pages
...Ans. For weighing the metals except gold and silver, groceries, and all coarse goods. TABLE. 16 drams make 1 ounce. 16 ounces, 1 pound. 25 pounds, 1 quarter. 4 quarters, 1 hundred-weight. 20 hundred-weight, 1 ton. 1. How many cornucopias holding 4 ounces each can be filled... | |
 | John Alexander Henderson - Ready-reckoners - 1882 - 232 pages
...AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. By this weight all goods are sold except those named under troy weight. 16 drachms 1 ounce. 16 ounces 1 pound. 25 pounds 1 quarter. 4 quarters 1 hundred weight. 20 hundred weight...! ton. APOTHECARIES' FLUID MEASURE. 60 minims < 1 fluid drachm.-~../TJ. 8 fluid drachms... | |
 | Coffee - 1883 - 252 pages
...weight all articles In the grocer's trade are bought and sold. 27 11-32 Grains make 1 dram. 16 Drams " 1 ounce. 16 Ounces " 1 pound. 25 Pounds " 1 quarter. 4 Quarters or 100 pounds " 1 hundredweight. 20 Hundred weight " 1 ton. The grain avoirdupois, though never used,... | |
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WEIGHT 27 11/32 grains 1 dram 16 drams 1 ounce 16 ounces 1 pound 25 pounds 1 quarter 4 quarters 1 cwt. 
