 | Edward Thomas Stevens - 1866 - 434 pages
...min. 20 sec. TABLES OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. AVOIIiDUPOIS WEIGHT FOR ALL COMMON GOODS. • 16 drams = 1 ounce (oz.) 16 ounces = 1 pound (Ib.) 28 pounds...quarter (qr.) 4 quarters = 1 hundredweight (cwt.) (112 Ibs.) 20 hundredweight = 1 ton. APOTHECARIES WEIGHT, For Mixing and Preparing Medical Prescriptions.... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1866 - 200 pages
...AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. 1 36. Avoirdupois Weight is used for all the ordinary purposes of weighing. TABLE. 16 drams (dr.) make 1 ounce, oz. 16 ounces " 1 pound, Ib. 100 Ib. " 1 hundred weight,. cwt S0cwt, = 2000 Ibs., Iton, T. CHIT EQUIVALENTS. or.. dr. »>• 1-18... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1866 - 202 pages
...weighing 15 pennyweights cost, at 8 dimes a " dollars and cents 1 98. TABLE OP AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. 16 drams (dr.) make 1 ounce, oz. 16 ounces " 1 pound, Ib. 100 pounds " 1 hundred weight, cwt. 20 hundred weight " 1 ton. T. 1. How many drams in 3 ounces ? in... | |
 | Paul Allen Towne - Arithmetic - 1867 - 240 pages
...AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT is used in weighing groceries, and cheap commodities of every description. TABLE. 16 drams (dr.) make 1 ounce oz. 16 ounces " 1 pound Ib. 25 pounds " 1 quarter qr. 4 quarters make " 1 hundredweight . . . cwt. 20 hundredweight " 1 ton T.... | |
 | Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1867 - 200 pages
...AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. 13. Avoirdupois Weight is used for all the ordinary purposes of weighing. TABLE. 16 drams (dr.) make 1 ounce, oz. 16 ounces " 1 pound, Ib. 100 Ib. " 1 hundred weight, cwt. 20 cwt., or 2000 Ibs., " 1 ton, T. NOTE. — The long or gross ton,... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - Arithmetic - 1867 - 148 pages
...Apothecaries' Weight ; such as groceries, meat, coal, cotton, and all the metals except gold and silver. TABLE. 16 drams (dr.) make 1 ounce, ...... oz. 16 ounces, 1 pound, ..... Ib. 25 pounds, 1 quarter, ..... qr. 4 quarters, 1 hundred-weight, cwt, 20 hundred-weight, 1 ton, .......... | |
 | James Stewart Eaton - Mental arithmetic - 1868 - 106 pages
...9 3 Scruples " 1 Dram, 3 8 Drams " 1 Ounce, § 12 Ounces " 1 Pound, Ib. J -*(* AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. 16 Drams (dr.) make 1 Ounce, oz. 16 Ounces " 1 Pound, Ib. 25 Pounds " 1 Quarter, qr. 4 Quarters " 1 Hundred Weight, cwt. 20 Hund. Weight " 1 Ton, t. j@ CLOTH... | |
 | Francis Walkingame - 1868 - 154 pages
...one-twentyfourth part. In weighing diamonds, a carat is 3J grains. AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. Harked {dr ' 16 Ounces 1 Pound Ib. 28 Pounds 1 Quarter qr. 4 Quarters or 112 Ib. 1 Hundred Weight cwt. 20 Hundredweight... 1 Ton ton. 1 9 ^Hundred Weight... 1 Fother fotfi.... | |
 | David Henry Cruttenden - 1869 - 336 pages
...Ueainrei. Sign*. 16 Drams (sign, dr.) are equivalent to 1 OUNCE - - oz. 16 Ounces " " " 1 POUND ... lb. 25 Pounds " " " 1 QUARTER • - - qr. 4 Quarters " "...HUNDRED-WEIGHT cwt. 20 Hundred-weights " " " 1 TON .... T. Change 8,17cwt to pounds. Ans. 8171b. Reduce 81 71b. to cwt. Ans. 8,17cwt. How many pounds... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Arithmetic - 1869 - 332 pages
...Weight is used for nearly all articles estimated by weight, except gold, silver, and jewels. Ta~ble. 16 drams (dr.) make 1 ounce, oz. 16 ounces, 1 pound, Ib. 25 pounds, 1 quarter, qr. 4 quarters, or 100 Ib., 1 hundred-weight, cwt. 20 hundred-weight, 1 ton,... | |
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WEIGHT. 16 drams, dr. make 1 ounce, - - - - oz. 16 ounces - - - 1 pound, - - - - Ib. 28 pounds - - - 1 quarter, - - - qr. 4 quarters - - - 1 hundred weight, - cwt. 20 hundred weight, 1 ton, T. 
