 | Shelton Palmer Sanford - Arithmetic - 1872 - 404 pages
...LIQUID MEASURE. The firkin contains 9 gallons; the kilderkin contains 2 firkins. ABT. 178. DRY MEASURE. TABLE. 2 pints (pt.) make 1 quart, qt. 8 quarts " 1 peck, pk. 4 pecks " 1 bushel, bu. DRY MEASURE is used for measuring all kinds of grain, ••ceils, salt, etc. The standard bushel of... | |
 | Daniel Barnard Hagar - Arithmetic - 1872 - 352 pages
...used in measuring dry articles, such as grain, fruit, vegetables, coals, etc. TABLE. 2 pints (pt.) are 1 quart. . . qt. 8 quarts " 1 peck. . . . pk. 4 pecks 1 bushel . . bu. 1 bu. = The United States Standard Bushel contains 2150.42 cubic inches. The Imperial Bushel of Great... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - 1872 - 338 pages
...is used in measuring such dry articles as grain, fruit, roots, coal, etc. Table. 2 pints (pt.) are 1 quart, qt. 8 quarts, 1 peck, pk. 4 pecks, 1 bushel, bu. The chaldron, a measure of 36 bushels, formerly employed with some kinds of coal, is now seldom used.... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson, Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1873 - 384 pages
...used in measuring articles not liquid, as grain, fruit, salt, roots, ashes, &c. What is dry measure ? TABLE. 2 pints (pt.) make 1 quart, qt. 8 quarts " 1 peck pk. 4 pucks " 1 bushel,. bu. or bush. UNIT EQUIVALENTS, qt. pt. pk. 1 = 2 b«. 1 = 8 = 16 1 = 4 = 32 = 64... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Arithmetic - 1873 - 362 pages
...is used in measuring such dry articles as grain, fruit, roots, coal, etc. TaTole. 2 pints (pt.) are 1 quart, qt. 8 quarts, 1 peck, pk. 4 pecks, 1 bushel, bu. The chaldron, a measure of 36 bushels, formerly employed with some kinds of coal, is now seldom used.... | |
 | George Augustus Walton - Arithmetic - 1873 - 348 pages
...pint, and gill. These are the units of DRY MEASURE. TABLE. 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint, marked pt. 2 pints = 1 quart, " qt. 8 quarts = 1 peck, " pk. 4 pecks = 1 bushel, " bu. EXAMPLES. 85. In 3 bu. 3 pk. of chestnuts how many quarts ? 86. What cost 8 bu. 2 pk. 5 qt. of nuts,... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson, Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1874 - 380 pages
...in measuring articles not liquid, as grain, fruit, salt, roots, ashes, &c. What is dry measure ? \ i TABLE. 2 pints (pt.) make 1 quart, qt. 8 quarts "...pecks " 1 bushel, . bu. or bush. UNIT EQUIVALENTS. qt. I)'• pk. 1=2 bu. 1 = 8 = 16 1 = 4 = 32 = 64 SCALE — ascending, 2, 8, 4 ; descending, 4, 8, 2. NOTE.... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - Arithmetic - 1874 - 444 pages
...used in measuring grain, seeds, vegetables, roots, fruit, salt, coal, and other articles not liquid. TABLE. 2 pints (pt.) make 1 quart, . . . . qt. 8 quarts, 1 peck, .... pk. 4 pecks, 1 bushel, . . . . bu. 36 bushels, 1 chaldron, . . . chal. Construct and memorize a Table of equivalents. What is called the... | |
 | Philotus Dean - Arithmetic - 1874 - 472 pages
...dividing it by the decimal .83311, Art. 334. 3. COMMON DRY MEASURE. TABLE. Irregular scale of values. 2 pints, (pt.) make 1 quart, qt 8 quarts, " 1 peck, pk. 4 pecks, " 1 bushel, bu. UNIT EQUIVALENTS. qt, pt. pk. 1=2 bu. 1 = 8 = 16 1 = 4 = 32 = 64 NOTE 1,— The standard of dry measure... | |
 | Daniel W. Fish - 1874 - 320 pages
...used in measuring articles not liquid ; as grain, fruit, salt, roots, etc. TABLE. 2 Pints (pt.) — 1 Quart . . . qt. 8 Quarts = 1 Peck . . . pk. 4 Pecks = 1 Bushel . . bu. IBu. = The Standard Bushel of the United States contains 2150.42 cubic inches, and is a cylindrical... | |
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DRY MEASURE 2 pints (pt.) = 1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts =1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu... 
