 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Mental arithmetic - 1857 - 162 pages
...TABLE OP ATOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. 16 Drams .... make 1 Ounce, . . . marked oz. 16 Ounces .... " 1 Pound " Ib. 28 Pounds .... " 1 Quarter, ... " qr. 4 Quarters ... "1 Hundred-weight, " cwt. 20 Hundred-weight " 1 Ton, " ton. NOTK. — By this weight are weighed almost eyery kind of goods, and... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1859 - 362 pages
...16, 16. NOTE. The long or gross ton, hundred weight, and quarter were formerly in common use ; but they are now seldom used except in estimating English...custom-houses, and in freighting and wholesaling coal from the Pennsylvania mines. LONG TON TABLE. 28 Ib. make 1 quarter, marked qr. 4 qr. = 112 Ib. " 1... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1859 - 352 pages
...16,16. NoTE. The long or gro•s ton, hundred weight, and quarter were formerly in common use; but they are now seldom used except in estimating English goods at the IT. S. custom-houses, and in freighting and wholesaling coal from the Pennsylvania mines. LoNO ToN... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1860 - 444 pages
...16. NOTE. — The long or grafts ton, hundred weight, and quarter were formerly in common use; but they are now seldom used except in estimating English goods at the US custom-houses, in freighting and wholesaling coal from the Pennsylvania mines, and in the wholesale iron and plaster... | |
 | Loftus's Almanack for Brewers - 1210 pages
...Grains make 1 Dram equal 27^! gr. 1C Drams „ 1 Ounce „ 437J 16 Ounces „ 1 Pound (ft) „ 70UO 28 Pounds „ 1 Quarter (qr.) 4 Quarters „ 1 Hundredweight (cwt.) 20 Cwt. „ 1 Ton This weight is used in Trade and comMKASUKES OF САРАСГГТ. 4 Gills make 1 Pint 2 Pints... | |
 | Olinthus Gregory - 1863 - 482 pages
...Grains = 1 Dram = 27-^ Grains. * 16 Drams = 1 Ounce , = 437| — 16 Ounces = 1 Pound (Ib.) = 7000 — 28 Pounds = 1 Quarter (qr.) 4 Quarters = 1 Hundred-weight (cwt.) 20 Cwt. = 1 Ton. This weight is used in almost all commercial transactions, and in the common dealings of life.... | |
 | William Hopton - 1864 - 128 pages
...Drachm = 27*41 16 Drachms = 1 Ounce = 437* j 16 Ounces = 1 Pound (Ib.) = 7000 14 Pounds = 1 Stone. * 28 Pounds = 1 Quarter (qr.) 4 Quarters = 1 Hundredweight (cwt.) 20 Cwt. = 1 Ton. This weight is used in almost all commercial transactions, and in all tha common dealings... | |
 | Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1867 - 200 pages
...ton, T. NOTE. — The long or gross ton, hundred weight, and quarter wore formerly in common use ; hut they are now seldom used except in estimating English goods at the United States Custom-houses, in freighting and wholesaling coal from the Pennsylvania mines, and in... | |
 | John Sturgeon Mackay - 1870 - 138 pages
...weighing all articles except gold, silver, &o. 16 Drams (dr.) make 1 ounce (oz.) 16 Ounces „ 1 pound (Ib.). 28 Pounds „ 1 quarter (qr.). 4 Quarters „ 1 hundredweight (cwt.). 20 Hundredweights « 1 ton. It is useful to remember that 14 Pounds make 1 stone. 8 Stones ,, 1 hundredweight.... | |
 | Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1871 - 300 pages
...- 256 1 = 16 The long or gross ton, hundred- weight, and quarter were formerly in common use ; but they are now seldom used except in estimating English goods at the United States custom-houses, in freighting and wholesaling coal from the Pennsylvania mines, and in... | |
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1 Quarter, " qr. 4 Quarters " 1 Hundred-weight, " cwt. 20 Cwt. = 2240 Ib. " 1 Ton, 
