 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.  The Child's Arithmetic ... - Page 133by Ingram Cobbin - 1830Full view - About this book
 | George Payn Quackenbos - Arithmetic - 1867 - 148 pages
...Apothecaries' Weight ; such as groceries, meat, coal, cotton, and all the metals except gold and silver. TABLE. 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 ton, .......... | |
 | James Stewart Eaton - Mental arithmetic - 1868 - 106 pages
...(gr.) make 1 Scruple, 9 3 Scruples " 1 Dram, 3 8 Drams " 1 Ounce, § 12 Ounces " 1 Pound, Ib. J -*(* 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 Hund. Weight " 1 Ton, t. j@ CLOTH... | |
 | Francis Walkingame - 1868 - 154 pages
...one-twentyfourth part. In weighing diamonds, a carat is 3J grains. AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. Harked {dr ' 16 Ounces 1 Pound Ib. 28 Pounds 1 Quarter qr. 4 Quarters or 112 Ib. 1 Hundred Weight cwt. 20 Hundredweight... 1 Ton ton. 1 9 ^Hundred Weight... 1 Fother fotfi.... | |
 | James Stewart Eaton - Arithmetic - 1869 - 336 pages
...weighing the coarser articles of merchandise, such as hay, cotton, tea, sugar, copper, iron, etc. . TABLE. 16 Drams (dr.) make 1 Ounce, oz. 16 Ounces " 1 Pound, Ib. 25 Pounds " 1 Quarter, qr. 4 Quarters " 1 Hundred Weight, c'vt. 20 Hundred Weight " 1 Ton, ' t. oz.... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Arithmetic - 1869 - 332 pages
...Weight is used for nearly all articles estimated by weight, except gold, silver, and jewels. Ta~ble. 16 drams (dr.) make 1 ounce, oz. 16 ounces, 1 pound, Ib. 25 pounds, 1 quarter, qr. 4 quarters, or 100 Ib., 1 hundred-weight, cwt. 20 hundred-weight, 1 ton,... | |
 | John Sturgeon Mackay - 1870 - 148 pages
...OF..WEIOHTS AND MEASURES. AVOIRDUPOIS •WEIGHT. Used for weighing all articles except gold, silver, &o. 16 Drams (dr.) make 1 ounce (oz.) 16 Ounces „ 1...(Ib.). 28 Pounds „ 1 quarter (qr.). 4 Quarters „ 1 hundredweight (cwt.). 20 Hundredweights « 1 ton. It is useful to remember that 14 Pounds make 1 stone.... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson, Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1871 - 384 pages
...AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. 187. Avoirdupois Weight is used for all the ordinary purposes of weighing. TABLE. 16 drams (dr.) make 1 ounce, oz. 16 ounces " 1 pound, Ib. 100 Ib. " 1 hundred weight, . cwt. 20 cwt., or 2000 Ibs., " 1 ton, T. tTNIT EQUIVALENTS. oz. dr. «,•... | |
 | Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1871 - 300 pages
...AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. 25. Avoirdupois Weight is used for all the ordinary purposes of weighing. TABLE. 16 drams (dr.) make 1 ounce, oz. 16 ounces " 1 pound, Ib. 100 Ib. " 1 hundred weight, cwt. 20 cwt., or 2,000 Ibs., " 1 ton, (short ton) T. UNIT EQUIVALENTS.... | |
 | Stoddard A. Felter - 1872 - 224 pages
...to pennyweights. LESSON XXXI. 23. Avoirdupois weight is used for all ordinary .purposes. (a) TABLE. 16 drams (dr.) make 1 ounce oz. 16 ounces " 1 pound. . . . . Ib. 25 pounds " 1 quarter qr. 100 pounds or 4 quarters " 1 hundredweight с wt. 2000 pounds •" 1 ton... | |
 | Robert Miller (M.A., of Edinburgh.) - 1873 - 118 pages
...? ARITHMETICAL TABLES. WEIOH T. (/.) AVO1RDUPO1S WE1GHT— For all Common Goods. 16 drams (drs.) = 1 ounce (oz.). 16 ounces . = 1 pound (Ib.). 28 pounds . = 1 quarter (qr.). -4 quarters . = 1 hundred-weight (cwt.). 20 hundred-weights = 1 ton. 14 ibs. 112 Ibs. r= 1 stone. = 1 cwt. 4374 grains... | |
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