 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 139by James Bates Thomson - 1846 - 348 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1860 - 158 pages
...— Art 89. For what is Avoirdupois Weight used ? Recite the table. 16 Drains (dr.) make 1 Ounce, OS. 16 Ounces " 1 Pound, Ib. 25 Pounds " 1 Quarter, qr. 4 Quarters " 1 Hundred Weight, cwt. 20 Hundred Weight " 1 Ton, T. oz. dr. Ib. 1 = 16 qr. 1 = 16 = 251i cwt. 1... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1861 - 496 pages
...articles are weighed, such as hay, grain, chandlers' wares, and all metals except gold arJ silver. Table. 16 drams (dr.) .... make 1 ounce, , . . marked oz...ounces 1 pound, Ib. 25 pounds 1 quarter, qr. 4 quarters 1 hundred weight <•</•'. 80 hundred weight 1 ton T. Table Reversed. ox. dr. it, 1 = 16. 1 = 16... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1861 - 152 pages
...drams ? 15. How many grains in 4 scruples ? LESSON LIII. TABLE OP AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. 16 Drams .... make 1 Ounce marked oz. 16 Ounces .... " 1 Pound,...Ib. 25 Pounds .... "1 Quarter, ... " qr. 4 Quarters ... "1 Hundred-weight, " cwt. 20 Hundred-weight " 1 Ton, " ton. NOTE. — By this weight are weighed... | |
 | E. F. Haskell - Cooking - 1861 - 484 pages
...ba. ch. Avoirdupois Weight, used in Weighing Tea, Sugar, Butter, etc. 16 drachms make 1 ounce 1.Z. 16 ounces " 1 pound Ib. 25 pounds " 1 quarter qr. 4 quarters mako 1 hundredweight cwt. 20 hundredweights mako 1 ton T. Troy Weight, used in Weighing Gold, Silver,... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1862 - 428 pages
...former name of London.* AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. 251. Avoirdupois Weight is used in weighing groceries anu all coarse articles; as, sugar, tea, coffee, butter,...(dr.) make 1 ounce, marked oz. 16 ounces " 1 pound, " 16. 25 pounds " 1 quarter, " jr. 4 quarters, or 100 Ibs. " 1 hundred weight, " cwt. 20 hundred weight... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1862 - 436 pages
...Weight is used in weighing groceries ana all coarse articles ; as, sugar, tea, coffee, butter, checs'e, flour, hay, &c., and all metals except gold and silver....(dr.) make 1 ounce, marked oz. 16 ounces " 1 pound, " tt,. 25 pounds " 1 quarter, " qr. 4 quarters, or 100 Ibs. " 1 hundred weight, " emt. 20 hundred weight... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1862 - 126 pages
...weight is used in weighing almost every kind of goods, and all metals except gold and silver. TABLE. 16 drams (dr.) make 1 ounce, marked oz. 16 ounces " 1 pound, " lb. 100 pounds " 1 hundred weight, " cwt. 20 hundred weight " 1 ton, « T. NOTE. — A pound avoirdupois... | |
 | Stoddard A. Felter - Arithmetic - 1862 - 316 pages
...• AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. 76. Avoirdupois weight js used for weighing all ordiaary articles. (a) TABLE. 16 drams (dr.) make 1 ounce, marked oz. 16 ounces " 1 pound, " lb. 25 pounds " 1 quarter. " qr. 4 quarters " 1 hundred weight, " cwt 20 hundred weight " 1 ton,... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1863 - 130 pages
...linear inch, foot, yard, and rod ; also a sifuare and citbic inch, foot, &C. AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. . V. Avoirdupois Weight is used in weighing groceries and...flour, hay, &c., and all metals except gold and silver. 10 drams (dr.) make 1 ounce, marked oz. 16 ounces " 1 pound, " U>. 25 pounds " I quarter, " jr. 4 quarters,... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1863 - 346 pages
...What are the units of the scale 1 What is the standard ivine gallon ? PKNOMUiATU X UJIBKRS. Table. 16 Drams (dr.) . . make 1 Ounce, . . . marked oz. 16 Ounces 1 Pound, Ib. 25 Pounds 1 Quarter, gr. 4 Quarters 1 Hundredweight, . . cwt. 20 Hundredweight . 1 Ton, T. Table Reversed. oz. dr. ib. 1... | |
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