 | Thomas H. Palmer - Arithmetic - 1854 - 356 pages
...5760=240=12=1. 2. Avoirdupois Weight. For weighing hay, grain, groceries, and all coarse articles. 16 drams (dr.) make 1 ounce. . . . oz. 16 ounces ...... 1 pound. . . . Ib. 25 pounds ...... 1 quarter. . . . qr. 4 quarters ..... 1 hundredweight. cwt. 20 hundredweight ... 1... | |
 | Noble Heath - 1855 - 468 pages
...have, du, of the, and poids, weight ; that is, to have great weight. Avoirdupois Weight. 16 drachms, dr., make 1 ounce, oz. 16 ounces 1 pound, Ib. 28 pounds 1 quarter, qr. 4 quarters, or 112 Ibs 1 hundredweight, cwt. *20 hundredweight, or 2240 Ibs. 1 ton, T. A hundredweight is sometimes... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1855 - 160 pages
...in 4 scruples ? LESSON LIII. TABLE OF AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. 16 Drama .... 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, " ton. NOTB. — By this weight are weighed... | |
 | Daniel Leach - Arithmetic - 1855 - 180 pages
...weighing all commodities except gold, silver, and precious stones. TABLE. 16 Drams (dr.) = 1 Ounce 02. 16 Ounces = 1 Pound Ib. 28 Pounds = 1 Quarter . . . . qr. 4 Quarters = 1 Hundred-weight cwt. 20 Hundred-weight . . . = 1 Ton T. 26. How many oz. are there in 16 dr. ? How... | |
 | Noble Heath - Arithmetic - 1856 - 472 pages
...poidi, weight ; that is, to have great weight. Avoirdupois Weight. 16 drachms, dr., make 1 ounce, OK. 16 ounces 1 pound, Ib. 28 pounds 1 quarter, qr. 4 quarters, orl!2fts 1 hundredweight, cwt. *20 hundredweight, or 2240 /6s. 1 ton, T. A hundredweight is sometimes... | |
 | Charles Guilford Burnham - 1857 - 342 pages
...weight is used in weighing most kinds of merchandise, and all metals, except silver and gold. 16 drams make 1 ounce, oz. 16 ounces " 1 pound, Ib. 28 pounds " 1 quarter, qr. 4 quarters, " 1 hundred, act. 20 hundred, " 1 ton, ton. MEASURES. Art. 108. — Linear Measure. This measure is... | |
 | D. Leach - 1857 - 172 pages
...used for weighing all commodities except gold, silver, and precious stones. TABLE. 16 Drams (dr.) = 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. 26. How many oz. are there in 16 dr. ? How... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Mental arithmetic - 1857 - 162 pages
...in 4 scruples ? LESSON LIII. TABLE OP ATOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. 16 Drams .... 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, " ton. NOTK. — By this weight are weighed... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1858 - 174 pages
...In 80? 3. How many scruples in 1 dram ? In 2 ? In 3 ? In 4, how many ? TABLE OF 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 hundred weight . 1... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1858 - 472 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, oz. 16 Ounces " 1 Pound, Ib. 25 Pounds " I Quarter, qr. 4 Quarters " 1 Hundred Weight, cwt. 20 Hundredweight " 1 Ton, T. dr. oz.... | |
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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. 
