 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
 | 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 - 204 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 - 402 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,... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Mental arithmetic - 1854 - 156 pages
...scruples ? LESSON LIII. TABLE OF AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. 16 Drams .... make 1 Ounce, . . . marked oz. Iti Ounces .... " 1 Pound " Ib. 28 Pounds .... "1 Quarter, ... " qr. 4 Quarters ... "1 Hundred-weight, " cwt. 20 Hundred-weight " 1 Ton, " ton. NOTE. — By this weight are weighed almost... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Noble Heath - Arithmetic - 1846-1880 - 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 almost... | |
 | 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 many... | |
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