 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 Haddon - Arithmetic - 1862 - 356 pages
...80 150 „ 7 10 100 ,,84 160 ,,80 108 ,,92 170 „ 8 10 120 „ 10 0 180 ,,90 WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. 16 drams (dr.) make 1 ounce (oz.) 16 ounces „ 1 pound (Ib.) 14 pounds „ 1 stone (st.) 28 pounds, or 2 stones „ 1 quarter (qr.) 4 quarters, or 8 stone, or 112... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1863 - 188 pages
...weighing 15 pennyweights cost, at 8 dimes a pennyweight ? how many dollars and cents ? 4 28. TABLE OP AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT 16 drams (dr.) make 1 ounce, oz. 16 ounces " 1 pound, Ib. 100 pounds " 1 hundred weight, cwt. 20 hundred weight " J ton. . . T. 1. How many drams in 8 ounces... | |
 | George Heppel - 1864 - 234 pages
...a standard, is a cylinder of platinum nearly 1-35 inches high and 1-15 inches in diameter. 16 drams make . . ,1 ounce (oz.) 16 ounces „ . . .1 pound (Ib.) 28 pounds „ . . .1 quarter. 4 quarters „ . . .1 hundredweight (cwt.) 20 hundredweight. . .1 ton. The stone is lilb. For weighing... | |
 | Ireland commissioners of nat. educ - 1865 - 184 pages
...... three farthings, or three-quarters of anything. ne AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. marked 16 drams (dr.) = 1 ounce oz. 16 ounces = 1 pound Ib. 28 pounds = 1 quarter qr. 4 quarters or 112 Ib. =1 hundredweight cwt. 20 hundredweight = 1 ton T. 14 pounds make one stone, and 8 stone... | |
 | George Roberts Perkins - 1865 - 360 pages
...groceries and some liquids ; all metals, except gold and silver. TABLE. 16 drams dr. make 1 ounce, ox. 16 ounces " 1 pound, Ib. 28 pounds " 1 quarter, qr. 4 quarters " 1 hundred weight, ewt. 20 hundred weight " 1 ton, T. dr. oz. 16= 1 Ib. 256= 16= 1 qr. 7168= 448= 28=... | |
 | Edward Thomas Stevens - 1866 - 434 pages
...min. 20 sec. TABLES OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. AVOIIiDUPOIS WEIGHT FOR ALL COMMON GOODS. • 16 drams = 1 ounce (oz.) 16 ounces = 1 pound (Ib.) 28 pounds = 1 quarter (qr.) 4 quarters = 1 hundredweight (cwt.) (112 Ibs.) 20 hundredweight = 1 ton. APOTHECARIES WEIGHT, For Mixing and Preparing... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1866 - 202 pages
...What wiil a gold chain, weighing 15 pennyweights cost, at 8 dimes a " dollars and cents 1 98. TABLE OP AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. 16 drams (dr.) make 1 ounce, oz. 16 ounces " 1 pound, Ib. 100 pounds " 1 hundred weight, cwt. 20 hundred weight " 1 ton. T. 1. How many drams in 3 ounces ? in... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1866 - 200 pages
...AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. 1 36. 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 S0cwt, = 2000 Ibs., Iton, T. CHIT EQUIVALENTS. or.. dr. »>• 1-18... | |
 | Paul Allen Towne - Arithmetic - 1867 - 240 pages
...AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT is used in weighing groceries, and cheap commodities of every description. TABLE. 16 drams (dr.) make 1 ounce oz. 16 ounces " 1 pound Ib. 25 pounds " 1 quarter qr. 4 quarters make " 1 hundredweight . . . cwt. 20 hundredweight " 1 ton T.... | |
 | Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1867 - 202 pages
...AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. 13. 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. NOTE. — The long or gross ton,... | |
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