The Child's Arithmetic ...

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H. & F.J. Huntington, 1830
 

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Page 135 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt...
Page 133 - TABLE. 10 Mills (m.) = 1 Cent . . ct. 10 Cents = 1 Dime . . d. 10 Dimes = 1 Dollar . $. 10 Dollars = 1 Eagle . E.
Page 134 - Flemish ell, yard, quarter of a yard, and nail. 4 nails (na.) make 1 quarter of a yard qr. 4 quarters - - - 1 yard - - - - yd. 3 quarters - - - 1 ell Flemish - - E.
Page 137 - Motion. 60 seconds (") make 1 minute,. ' 60 minutes, 1 degree, • 30 degrees, 1 sign, S. 12 signs, or 360 degrees, the whole great circle of the Zodiac.
Page 133 - AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. 16 drams, dr. make 1 ounce, - - - - oz. 16 ounces - - - 1 pound, - - - - Ib. 28 pounds - - - 1 quarter, - - - qr. 4 quarters - - - 1 hundred weight, - cwt. 20 hundred weight, 1 ton, T.
Page 134 - 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
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Page 134 - Barleycorns (bc) make 1 Inch, in. 12 Inches " 1 Foot, ft. 3 Feet " 1 Yard, yd. 5J Yards or 16£ Feet " 1 Rod, rd. 40" Rods " 1 Furlong, fur. 8 Furlongs " 1 Mile, m. 3 Miles " 1 League, 1. 69 £ Statute miles, nearly,
Page 131 - Now .} of f- is a compound fraction, whose value is found by multiplying the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for a new denominator.
Page 24 - ... 7 and 5 are 12 7 and 6 are 13 7 and 7 are 14 7 and 8 are 15 7 and 9 are 16 7 and 10 are 17...

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