 | Nelson M. Holbrook - Arithmetic - 1850 - 116 pages
...every kind of goods, and all metals except gold and silver. TABLE. 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, " T. NOTE. In several of the United States, 25... | |
 | James B. Dodd - Arithmetic - 1850 - 276 pages
...Weight Is used in weighing groceries, all the coarser metals, and, generally, all coarse commodities. 16 drams (dr.) make 1 ounce, (oz.) 16 ounces, .... 1 pound, (Ib.) 2000 pounds 1 ton, (T.) Occasionally, for the coarsest commodities, as plaster, coed, iron, hemp, &c.,... | |
 | Oliver Byrne - Engineering - 1851 - 310 pages
...they buy and sell their drugs by avoirdupois weight. AVOIRDUPOIS -WEIGHT. Drams marked dr. 16 Drams 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 ........ — ton. dr. oz. 16 = 1 Ib.... | |
 | Arithmetic - 1851 - 260 pages
...How do you reduce quarts to pints? How do you reduce bushels to pints? AVOIRDUPOIS YfEIGHT. TABLE. 16 drams (dr.) make 1 ounce, oz. 16 ounces - 1 pound, Ib. 28 pounds - 1 quarter of a cwt. qr. 4 quarters, (or 112 Ib.)* 1 hundred weight, cwt 20 hundredweight 1 ton, T. NOTE. —... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - 1851 - 314 pages
...Ib. 8oz. 15 dwt. 22 gr.; 38 Ib. 10 oz. 10 dwt. ; and 53 Ib. 17 dwt. 13 gr. ?* AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT, t 16 Drams (dr.) make 1 Ounce oz. 16 Ounces 1 Pound Ib. 14 Pounds 1 Stone J st. 28 Pounds, or 2 Stones 1 Quarter qr. 4 Quarters, or 8 Stones, 1 , TJ , , ,,,... | |
 | James L. Enos - Mental arithmetic - 1851 - 144 pages
...articles, groceries, &c. ; as coffee, butter, sugar, hay, oats, &c.? and all metals except gold and silver. 16 drams (dr.) . . make 1 ounce, oz. 16 ounces ... " 1 pound, Ib. 2o pounds . . . " 1 quarter, qr. 4 quarters, or 100 Ibs. " 1 hundred weight, cwt. 20 cwt., or 2000... | |
 | John Hunter - Arithmetic - 1852 - 184 pages
...pound. (/4.) Troy Weight is used in weighing gold, silver, jewels, frc. AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. 16 drams = 1 ounce. (oz.) 16 ounces = 1 pound. (Ib.) 28 pounds = 1 quarter. (qr.) 4 quarters, or 1 12 Ibs =1 hundredweight. (cwt.) 20 hundredweights = 1 ton. («.) LINEAL OR LONG MEASURE. 12 inches... | |
 | Arithmetic - 1852 - 202 pages
...gold. The denominations of Avoirdupois Weight are ton, hundred weight, quarter, pound, ounce, and dram. 16 drams (dr.) make 1 ounce - oz. 16 ounces - - - 1 pound - Ib. 28 ppunds - - - 1 quarter of a cwt. qr. 4 quarters, or 112 Ib. l hundred weight C.wt. 20 hundred weight... | |
 | James B. Dodd - 1853 - 398 pages
...Weight Is used in weighing groceries, all the coarser metals, and, generally, all coarse commodities. 16 drams (dr.} make 1 ounce, (oz.) 16 ounces, .... 1 pound, (Ib.) 2000 pounds, .... 1 ton, (T.) Occasionally, for the coarsest commodities, as plaster, coal, iron, hemp,... | |
 | David Henry Cruttenden - Arithmetic - 1854 - 70 pages
...by Troy or Apothecaries. Its names are tons, hundred-weights, quarters, pounds, ounces, and drams. 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. V. Eead these... | |
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AVOIRDUPOIS 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. 
