 | Edward Olney - Arithmetic - 1879 - 404 pages
...aa a pair of birds a set of spoons. 255. The terms folio, quarto, octavo, applied to books, indicate the number of leaves into which a sheet of paper is folded. Thus, when a sheet of paper is folded into 2, 4, 8, 12, 16, 18, or 24 leaves, the forms are called... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - 1880 - 178 pages
...20 things " i score. 2 reams are I bundle. 5 bundles " I bale 12 leaves are i duodecimo or 1 21110. 1 8 leaves " i eighteen mo. 24 leaves " i twenty-four...which a sheet of paper is folded in making books. REDUCTION. O3. Reducing Higher denominations to Lower. Ex. i. In £3 las., how many shillings ? Analysis.... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1880 - 140 pages
...leaves " i duodecimo, or 12 mo. 18 leaves " i eighteen mo. 24 leaves " i twenty-four mo. NOTE.—The terms folio, quarto, octavo, etc., denote the number...which a sheet of paper is folded in making books. 4 in. = i hand, for measuring the height of horses. 9 in. = i span. 18 in. = i cubit. 6 ft. = i fathom,... | |
 | C. Frusher Howard - Ready-reckoners - 1880 - 146 pages
...Medium 24x36 Double Imperial, 32x46 BOOKS. The terms folio, quarto,octavo, duodecimo, etc., Indicate the number of leaves into which a sheet of paper is folded. M ton a sheet ) Tin Book j 1 sheet of Then a sheet , The Bool ( 1. sheet of is folded into ( is called... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1882 - 416 pages
...leaves = 1 octavo, or 8vo. 12 leaves = 1 duodecimo, or 12mo. NOTE. — The terms folio, quarto, octaw, etc., denote the number of leaves into which a sheet of paper is folded in making books. * For Table of Foreign Coins, eee Art. 631. ORAL EXERCISES. 391. 1. How many farthings in 5 shillings... | |
 | J. H. Goodwin - 1882 - 156 pages
..." I bundle. 5 bundles " I bale. BOOKS. 883. The terms folio, quarto, octavo, duodecimo, etc., show the number of leaves into which a sheet of paper is folded. A sheet folded in 2 leaves is called a folio. A sheet folded in 4 leaves is called a quarto, or 410.... | |
 | C. Frusher Howard - Ready-reckoners - 1884 - 144 pages
...Medinm, 24x36 Double Imperial 32x46 BOOKS. The terms folio, quarto, octavo, duodecimo, etc., Indicate the number of leaves into which a sheet of paper is folded. When a sleet > The Book I 1 sheet of When a sheet > The Book < 1 . sheet of is folded into ( is called... | |
 | Printer - 1884 - 172 pages
...scarcely say that the sizes of books greatly vary ; but they are all reducible to a standard determined by the number of leaves into which a sheet of paper is folded. The most common size is called octavo, and this contains 16 pages to the sheet ; the next is duodecimo,... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - 1888 - 372 pages
...Bundle. 5 Bundles " 1 Bale. 210. BOOKS. The terms folio, quarto, octavo, duodecimo, etc., indicate the number of leaves into which a sheet of paper is folded. A sheet folded in 2 leaves is called a Folio. A sheet folded in 4 leaves A sheet folded in 8 leaves... | |
 | Lilla M. Tenney - English language - 1888 - 172 pages
...rs gross . . " t great gross. OF BOOKS. The terms folio, quarto, eetavo, duodecimo, ete., indicate the number of leaves into which a sheet of paper is folded. A sheet folded in z leaves is called a folio. 4 "a quarto, or 4to. an octavo, or 8vo. " a iomo. an... | |
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The terms folio, quarto, octavo, duodecimo, etc., indicate the number of leaves into which a sheet of paper is folded. A sheet folded in 2 leaves is called a Folio. 
