 | Almon Ticknor - Arithmetic - 1848 - 124 pages
...butt p. or*b. 2 pipes or butts - " 1 tun T, DRY MEASURE is used in measuring grain, salt, &c. Marked 2 pints (pt.) - - make 1 quart - - qt. 8 quarts " 1 peck - - pk. 4 pecks " 1 bushel - - bu. LONG MEASURE is applied to length, distance, &c. 3 barley-corns (bar-c.) make 1 inch - - in. 1 foot... | |
 | Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1848 - 330 pages
...are chaldrons, quarters, bushelsfpecks, quarts, and pints. TABLE. 2 pints (pts.) make 1 quart, marked qt. 8 quarts 1 peck, " pk. 4 pecks 1 bushel, " bu. 8 bushels 1 quarter, " qr. 36 bushels 1 chaldron, " ch. NOTE 1. — The dry gallon contains 268-f- cubic inches. The Winchester... | |
 | Conley Plotts - Arithmetic - 1848 - 276 pages
...are, Bushel, Peck, Quart, Pint, and Gill. 4 gills (gi.) make - - - 1 pint, marked - - - pt. 2 pints 1 quart, qt. 8 quarts 1 peck, pk. 4 pecks 1 bushel, bu. (7.) Liquid Measure. This measure is used for beer, cider, wine, &c. The denominations are, Tun, Pipe... | |
 | William Vogdes - 1849 - 134 pages
...What are the denominations of dry measure ? A. Bushels, pecks, quarts, and pints. Repeat the table. TABLE. 2 pints, (pt.) make . . 1 quart, qt. 8 quarts ..... 1 peck, p. 4 pecks ..... 1 bushel, bu. 36 bushels ..... 1 chaldron, chal. A gallon by dry measure contains... | |
 | George Roberts Perkins - Arithmetic - 1850 - 364 pages
...seeds, roots, fruits, salt, coal, sand, oysters, &c. * III the United States 32 busnel'=l chaldron. TABLE. 2 pints pt. make 1 quart, qt. 8 quarts " 1 peck, pk. 4 pecks « 1 bushel, bv. *36 bushels " 1 chaldron, eh. pt. qt. 2= 1 pk. 16= 8= 1 bu. 64= 32= 4= 1 eh. 2304= 1 152= 144=36=... | |
 | James B. Dodd - Arithmetic - 1850 - 278 pages
...coal, and, in general, all such commodities as are estimated in the heap or aggregate. 2 pints (p<.) make 1 quart, (qt.); 8 quarts 1 peck, (pk.); 4 pecks, 1 bushel, (bu.); The English quarter, in Dry Measure, is 8 bushels, and the chaldron is a coal measure of 36 bushels... | |
 | Charles Guilford Burnham - 1850 - 350 pages
...seeds, roots, salt, sand, oysters, coal, etc. 2 pints, pts. make 1 quart, gt. 4 quarts " 1 gallon, gal. 8 quarts " 1 peck, pk. 4 pecks " 1 bushel, bu. 8 bushels " 1 quarter, gr. 4 quarters " 1 chaldron, ch. OBS. — A galloo dry measure contains 268* cubic inches. A Winchester... | |
 | James L. Enos - Mental arithmetic - 1851 - 156 pages
...MEASURE. § 47. — DRY measure is used in measuring grain, fruit, salt, coal, &e. 2 pints, (pis.) make 1 quart, qt. 8 quarts . . . . " 1 peck, pk. 4.... . " 1 bushel, bu. 8 bushels ..." 1. quarter, qr. 32 bushels ..." 1 chaldron, ch. Note. — A chaldron of coal in England is 36 bushels. 1. For what... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1851 - 332 pages
...measure is used in measuring grain, fruit, salt, coal, &c. TABLE. 2 Pints (pt.) make 1 Quart, marked qt. 8 Quarts " 1 Peck, " pk. 4 Pecks •, 1 Bushel, " bu. 8 Bushels " . 1 Quarter, " qr. 36 Bushels " 1 Chaldron, " ch. qt. pt. pk. 1=3 bu. l—8—18 ch. 1 = 4 = 32 -= 64 1 «= 36 = 144 =... | |
 | Daniel Leach, Robert Swan - Arithmetic - 1853 - 168 pages
...in measuring coal, lime, fruit, and other goods commonly sold by heap measure. TABLE. 2 Pints (pt) = 1 Quart qt. 8 Quarts = 1 Peck pk. 4 Pecks = 1 Bushel bu. 36 Bushels = 1 Chaldron . . . . ch. 75. In 48 pints how many pecks are there ? 76. In 3 chaldrons of... | |
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DRY MEASURE 2 pints (pt.) = 1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts =1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu... 
