 | Calvin Tracy - Arithmetic - 1845 - 298 pages
...all kinds of grain, fruit, salt, coal, &c. TABLE. 4 gills (gi.) make 1 pint, marked pt. 2 pints . " 1 quart " qt. 8 quarts " 1 peck, " pk. 4 pecks " 1 bushel, " bu. 36 bushels " 1 chaldron " ch. IX. LONG MEASURE. The following denominations and numbers are used for... | |
 | Almon Ticknor - Arithmetic - 1848 - 124 pages
...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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | George Roberts Perkins - Arithmetic - 1850 - 364 pages
...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 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 pecks . . . . " 1 bushel, bu. 8 bushels ..." 1. quarter, qr. 32 bushels ..." 1 chaldron, ch. Note. — A chaldron of coal in England... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Daniel Leach - Arithmetic - 1853 - 622 pages
.... ° 30 degrees = 1 sign, . . . s. 12 signs, or 360 degrees, = 1 circle, . . cir. 2 pints (pt.) ^z 1 quart, . . qt. 8 quarts — 1 peck, . .pk. 4 pecks — 1 bushel, . . bu. 36 bushels — 1 chaldron, . . ch. pt. «. 2 = 1 pk. 16 = 8 = 1 bo. 64 = 32 = 4=1 ch 2304 = 1152 =... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1857 - 452 pages
...514.80. DEY MEASURE. 140. This measure is used in measuring grain, fruit, salt, &c. TABLE. 2 Pints (pt.) make 1 Quart, qt. 8 Quarts " 1 Peck pk. 4 Pecks " 1 Bushel, bu. pte. gal. 8 = 1 pk. 16 = 2 = 1 bu. 64 = 8 = 4 =1 NOTE 1. — The Standard Unit of Dry Measure adopted... | |
 | James Stewart Eaton - Arithmetic - 1857 - 376 pages
...gallons, are indiscriminately called hogsheads, pipes, butts, tuns, etc. 79. DRY MEASURE. 2 Pints (pt.) make 1 Quart, qt. 8 Quarts " 1 Peck, pk. 4 Pecks " 1 Bushel, bush. qt. pt. pk. 1=2 bush. 1 = 8 . = 16 1 = 4 = 32 = 64 NOTE 1. — This table is used in measuring... | |
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DRY MEASURE 2 pints (pt.) = 1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts =1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu... 
