 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
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1846 - 354 pages
...Measures, p. 10. Also, Keporuof Sec. Treu., March 3, in;ii ; and June 20, 1832. AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. . Avoirdupois Weight is used in weighing groceries and...pound, " Ib. 25 pounds " 1 quarter, " qr. 4 quarters " 1 hundred weight, cwt. 20 hundred weight " 1 ton, marked T. Oss. 1. The Avoirdupois Pound of the... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1846 - 112 pages
...weight, marked mat. 20 pennyweights " 1 ounce, " 0 . 12 ounces " i pound. " j£ AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. IV. Avoirdupois Weight is used in weighing groceries and...gold and silver. 16 drams (dr.) make 1 ounce, marked ot. 16 ounces " 1 pound, " Ib. 25 pounds " 1 quarter, " qr. 20 hundred weight " 1 ton, " T. 4 quarters... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1846 - 108 pages
...foot, and yard • the pint, quart, gallon, peck, bushel, &c. • • • , . AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. IV. Avoirdupois Weight is used in weighing groceries and...hay, &c., and all metals except gold and silver. 16 drama (dr.) make 1 ounce, marked oz. 16 ounces " 1 pound, " U>. 25 pounds " 1 quarter, " qr. • 4... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1846 - 128 pages
...linear inch, foot, yard, and rod ; also a square and cubic inch, foot, &«. AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. V. Avoirdupois Weight is used in weighing groceries and...tea, coffee, butter, cheese, flour, hay, &c., and all inetals except gold and silver. 16 drams (dr.) 'make 1 ounce, marked oz. 16 ounces " 1 pound, " 16.... | |
 | Frederic A. Adams - Arithmetic - 1846 - 230 pages
...? How many bushels ? In 620 pints how many pecks ? How many bushels ? TABLE OF AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. 16 drams, [dr.] make 1 ounce, marked oz. 16 ounces, 1 pound, Ib. 25 pounds, 1 quarter, (net wt.) qr. 28 pounds, 1 " (gross wt.) « 4 quarters, 1 hundred weight, cwt. 20 hundred weight, 1... | |
 | Isaac A. Clark - Arithmetic - 1846 - 204 pages
...AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. 10 grains (gr.) - - =1 scruple sc. 3 scruples - - =1 drachm dr. 16 Drachms - - =1 ounce oz. 16 ounces - - =1 pound Ib. 25 pounds - - =1 quarter qr. 4 quarters - =1 hundred weight cwt ft?" 28 pounds is called a quarter in some of the Arithmetics, or 112 pounds=one... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1846 - 362 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 - 1847 - 368 pages
...But 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 -...Ib. 25 pounds - - 1 quarter, - - - qr. 4 quarters - - 1 hundred weight, cwt, 20 hundred weight, 1 ton, .... T. T. cwt. qr. 11. oz. dr. 1=20 = 80=2000... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1847 - 426 pages
...others think it •was derived from Troy-nmiant, the former name of London.* AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. 25 1. Avoirdupois Weight is used in weighing groceries and...as, sugar, tea, coffee, butter, cheese, flour, hay, <fcc., and all metals except gold and silver. 16 drams (dr.) make 1 ounce, marked oz. 16 ounces " 1... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - 1847 - 134 pages
...AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. IV. JLmtrdupfu W»ight a used in weighing groeerie* and all coarse article* ; a* augar, tea, coffee, butter, cheese, flour, hay, &c., and all metals except gold and silver. 16 drams (rfr.) make 1 ounce, marked at. Ifi ounces " 1 pound, '' /a. 26 pounds " 1 quart«r, " qr. 4 quarters... | |
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