 | 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.,... | |
 | James L. Enos - Mental arithmetic - 1851 - 156 pages
...groceries, <fec. ; as coffee, butter, sugar, hay, oats, &c., and all metals except gold and silver. 16 drams (dr.) . . make 1 ounce, oz. 16 ounces ..."...pound, Ib. 25 pounds ..." 1 quarter, qr. 4 quarters, or 100 Ibs. " 1 hundred weight, cwt. 20 cwt., or 2000 Ibs. " 1 ton, T. Note. — Gross weight is the... | |
 | Calvin Tracy - 1851 - 214 pages
...small doses of medicine. TABLE TV. AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. 16 drams (dr.) . . make 1 ounce, . . . marked oz. 16 ounces ... "1 pound, ... " Ib. 25 pounds ....... " qr. 4 quarters ... "1 hundredweight, " cwt. 20 hundredweight . " 1 ton, .... " T. This is the weight nsed by grocers, and is employed for •weighing... | |
 | 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 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 , , ,,,... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1852 - 156 pages
...grains in 4 scruples ? LESSON LIII. TABLE OF AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. 16 Drama .... make 1 Ounce, .... marked oz. 16 Ounces .... " 1 Pound, .... " Ib. 25 Pounds..." qr. 4 Quarters ... "1 Hundred-weight, " >cwt. 20 Hundred-weight " 1 Ton, " ton. NOTE. — By this weight are weighed almost every kind of goods, and... | |
 | Charles Davies - 1852 - 344 pages
...chandlers' wares, and all metals except gold and silver. TABLE. 16 drams, dr. make 1 ounce, marked oz. 16 ounces - - 1 pound, - Ib. 25 pounds - - 1 quarter, - qr. 4 quarters - - 1 hundred weight, cwt. 20 hundred weight 1 ton, - - T. cwt. T. = 1 512000 = 32000 - 2000 = 80 = 20 =1... | |
 | John Fair Stoddard - Arithmetic - 1852 - 320 pages
...groceries, some liquids, and all metals except gold and silver. TABLE. 16 Drams (dr.) make 1 Ounce, marked oz. 16 Ounces " 1 Pound, " Ib. 25 Pounds* " 1 Quarter, " qr. 4 Quarters " 1 Hundred Weight, " cwt. 20 Hundred Weight " 1 Ton, " T. * NOTE. — In buying and selling articles,... | |
 | 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... | |
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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 
