 Weight is used in weighing groceries and all coarse articles ; as sugar, tea, coffee, butter, cheese, flour, hay, &c., and all metals except gold and silver. 16 drams (dr.) make 1 ounce, marked oz. 16 ounces " 1 pound, " Ib. 25 pounds " 1 quarter, " qr....  Practical Arithmetic, Uniting the Inductive with the Synthetic Mode of ... - Page 115by James Bates Thomson - 1846 - 336 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Luther Ainsworth - Arithmetic - 1837 - 306 pages
...denominalions used ? A. Tons, hundreds, quarters, pounds, ounces, and drams. Q. Can you repeat the table ? A. 16 drams (dr.) make 1 ounce marked oz. 16 ounces " 1 pound, " Ib. 28 pounds '• 1 quarter of a hund. weight, qr. 4 quarters " 1 hundred weight, gross, cwt. 20 hundreds... | |
 | Peirpont Edward Bates Botham - Arithmetic - 1837 - 252 pages
...one E. Add the 69 7 8 last column as in whole numbers. 354 91 2 2 164 5 4 Ans. AVOIEDUPOIS WEIGHT. 16 drams (dr.) make 1 ounce, marked oz. 16 ounces " 1 pound, " Ib. 100 poundsf " 1 hundred, " cwt. 25 pounds " 1 quarter, " qr. 10 hundred " 1 thous. Ibs. mwt. t In our... | |
 | Luther Ainsworth - Arithmetic - 1837 - 298 pages
...used ? A. Tons, hundreds, quarters, pounds, ounces, and drams. Q. Can you repeat the table ? A. Hi drams (dr.) make 1 ounce marked oz. 16 ounces " 1 pound, " Ib. 128 pounds " 1 quarter of a bund, weight, qr. 4 quarters " 1 hundred weight, gross, cwt. 20 hundreds... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1838 - 292 pages
...at the present time, the merchants in our principal cities, buy and sell by the 100 pounds. TABLE. 16 drams dr. make 1 ounce, marked oz. 16 ounces - - 1 pound, - - - lb. 28 pounds - - 1 quarter, - - - qr. 4 quarters - - 1 hundred weight, cwt. 20 hundred weight... | |
 | Calvin Tracy - Arithmetic - 1842 - 306 pages
...and grain, and also the baser metals, such as copper, are weighed. 1 oz. Av.=4374 gr- Troy. TABLE. 16 drams (dr.) make 1 ounce, marked oz. 16 ounces " 1 pound " lb. 28 pounds " 1 quarter, .... " qr. IV. APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT. This weight is used by apothecaries... | |
 | Charles DAVIES (LL.D.) - Arithmetic - 1843 - 348 pages
...at the present time, the merchants in our principal cities, buy and sell by the 100 pounds. TABL.E. 16 drams dr. 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,... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1844 - 356 pages
...at the present time, the merchants in, our principal cities, buy and sell by the 100 pounds. TABtE. 16 drams dr. make 1 ounce, marked oz. 16 ounces - - 1 pound, - - - i1). 28 pounds - - 1 quarter, - - - qr. 4 quarters - - 1 hundred weight, cwt. 20 hundred weight,... | |
 | Calvin Tracy - Arithmetic - 1845 - 298 pages
...and grain, and also the baser metals, such as copper, are weighed. 1 oz. Av. = 4374 gr. Troy. TABLE. 16 drams (dr.) make 1 ounce, marked oz. 16 ounces " 1 pound " Ib. 28 pounds " 1 quarter, .... " qr. 4 quarters " 1 hun. weight, . . " cwt. 20 hundred " 1 ton, " T. IV.... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1845 - 310 pages
...gold and silver. Its denominations are tons, hundreds, quarters, pounds, ounces, and drams. TABLE. 16 drams, dr., make 1 ounce, marked oz. 16 ounces 1 pound, . . . . Ib. 28 pounds, . . . -' . . 1 quarter, . . . qr. 4 quarters, 1 hundred weight, cwt. 20 hundred 1 ton, T.... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1846 - 362 pages
...3, 1831; and June 20, 183'.!. t Hind's Arithmetic, Art. 224. Also, North American Review, Vol. XLV. AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. 149. Avoirdupois Weight is used...pound, " Ib. 25 pounds " 1 quarter, " qr. 4 quarters, or 100 Ibs. " 1 hundred weight, cwt. 20 hundred weight " 1 ton, marked " T. OBS. 1. The Avoirdupois... | |
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