| Frank H. Hall - Arithmetic - 1896 - 300 pages
...inches in diameter and 8 inches deep contains 1 bushel. A "heaped bushel " = about 1J cubic feet. 54. AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. 16 ounces (oz.) = 1 pound (Ib.). 2000 pounds = 1 ton (T.). 20 hundredweight (cwt.). = 1 ton. 1 cubic foot of water weighs 62J lb., or 1000 oz. 1 bu. wheat = 60... | |
| John Henry Walsh - 1897 - 424 pages
...ounces .... 1 pound (ft) Apothecaries' -weight is used in prescriptions. Drugs are bought and Bold by avoirdupois weight. The grain, the ounce, and the...denominations of troy weight. AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. ounces (oz.) . 1 pound (Ib.) ^000 pounds .... 1 ton (T.) 1 Ib. avoirdupois = 7000 grains. 1 Ib. troy... | |
| John Henry Walsh - Arithmetic - 1898 - 472 pages
...ounce ( 5 ) 12 ounces .... 1 pound (ft) OU, Apothecaries' weight is used in prescriptions. Drugs aro bought and sold by avoirdupois weight. The grain,...1 Ib. avoirdupois = 7000 grains. 1 Ib. troy = 5760 " loz. avoirdupois = 437^ " 1 oz. troy = 480 " In weighing ores and coal at the mines and in calculating... | |
| John Henry Walsh - 1898 - 424 pages
...grains (gr) . 1 scruple (3) 3 scruples 1 dram (3) 8 drams 1 ounce ( 5 ) 12 ounces .... 1 pound (ft) Apothecaries' weight is used in prescriptions. Drugs...weight. AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. 16 ounces (oz.) . 1 pound (lb.) 2000 pounds .... 1 ton (T.) 1 lb. avoirdupois = 7000 grains. 1 lb. troy = 5760 " 1 oz. avoirdupois... | |
| Adelia Roberts Hornbrook - Arithmetic - 1898 - 272 pages
...(ft.) . 3 feet = 1 yard (yd.). 5£ yards = 1 rod (rd.). 161 feet = 1 rod. 320 rods = 1 mile (mi.). AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT 16 ounces (oz.)= 1 pound (Ib.). 2000 pounds = 1 ton (T.). SQUARE MEASURE 144 square inches (sq. in.)= 1 square foot (sq. ft.). 9 square feet = 1 square yard... | |
| Frank H. Hall - Arithmetic - 1899 - 462 pages
...Denominate Numbers— Weight. 349. The standard unit of weight in common use is a pound Avoirdupois. AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. 16 ounces (oz.) = 1 pound (Ib.). 2000 pounds = 1 ton (T.). The abbreviation for 1 hundredweight (100 Ib.) is cwt. MISCELLANEOUS WEIGHTS. 1 gallon of water = about... | |
| Wilbur Fisk Nichols - Arithmetic - 1899 - 136 pages
...(gi.) = l pint (pt.). 2 pints = 1 quart (qt.). 4 quarts = 1 gallon (gal.). 1 gal. = 231 cubic inches. AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. 16 ounces (oz.) = 1 pound (Ib. ). 2000 pounds = 1 ton (t.). 2240 pounds = 1 long ton DRY MEASURE. 2 pints (pt. ) = 1 quart (qt. ). 8 quarts = 1 peck (pk. ). 4... | |
| John Henry Walsh - Arithmetic - 1899 - 264 pages
...hours 1 day (da.) DKT MEASURE. 2 pints (pt.) 1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts 1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks 1 bushel (bu.) AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. 16 ounces (oz.) 1 pound (Ib.) 2000 pounds 1 ton (T.) The hundredweight (100 pounds) is written cwt. LIQUID MEASURE. 2 pints (pt.) 1 quart (qt.) 4 quarts... | |
| Ella Maria Pierce - Arithmetic - 1902 - 264 pages
...box whose inside measure is 24 inches in length, 16 inches in width, and 9 inches in height ? 237. 16 ounces (oz.) = 1 pound (Ib.) 2000 pounds = 1 ton. (T.) 1. A dealer bought 18 pounds of candy for 16 cents a pound, and sold it at the rate of 3 cents an ounce.... | |
| John Henry Walsh - Algebra - 1903 - 274 pages
...seconds (sec.) = 1 minute (min.) 60 minutes = 1 hour (hr.) 24 hours = 1 day (da.) 7 days = 1 week (wk.) AVOIRDUPOIS -WEIGHT. 16 ounces (oz.) = 1 pound (Ib.) 2000 pounds = 1 ton (T.) The hundredweight (100 pounds) is written cwt. DRT MEASURE. 2 pints (pt.) = 1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts... | |
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