 | Horatio Nelson Robinson, Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1877 - 374 pages
...24 Sheets. '. make 1 Quire. 20 Quires " 1 Ream. 2 Reams " 1 Bundle. 5 Bundles " 1 Bale. 210. BOOKS. The terms folio, quarto, octavo, duodecimo, etc.,...number of leaves into which a sheet of paper is folded. A sheet folded in 2 leaves is called a Polio. A sheet folded in 4 leaves A sheet folded in 8 leaves... | |
 | William James Milne - Arithmetic - 1877 - 402 pages
...Quire. 20 Quires = 1 Ream. 2 Reams — 1 Bundle. 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 - Arithmetic - 1878 - 136 pages
...duodecimo, or 12 ma i eighteen mo. i twenty-four mo. NOTE. — The terms folio, quarto, octavo, etc., denote the number of leaves into which a sheet of paper is folded in making books. 4 in. = x hand, for measuring the height of horses. 9 in. = i span. 1 8 in. = i cubit.... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1878 - 202 pages
...eighteen mo. 24 leaves " I twenty-four mo. NOTE. — The terms folio, quarto, octavo, etc., denote the number of leaves into which a sheet of paper is folded in making books. REDUCTION. 93. Reducing Higher denominations to Lower. Ex. 1. In £3 i2S., hovv many... | |
 | Edward Olney - Arithmetic - 1879 - 404 pages
...a set; 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... | |
 | C. Frusher Howard - Ready-reckoners - 1879 - 134 pages
...Medium.and.half, 24x3j Broad Twelves, 23x41 Small Double Medium 24x36 Double Imperial 32x46 BOOKS. The terms folio, quarto, octavo, duodecimo, etc.. Indicate the number •of leaves iuto which a sheet of paper is folded. .When a sheet i Th« Book j 1 sheet of When a sheet j The Boole... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1879 - 134 pages
...duodecimo, or 12 ma 1 eighteen mo. I twenty-four mo. NOTE. — The terms folio, quarto, oetaw, etc., denote the number of leaves into which a sheet of paper is folded m making books. 4 in. — 1 hand, for measuring the height of horses. 9 in. = I span. 1 8 in. — I... | |
 | C. Frusher Howard - Ready-reckoners - 1880 - 146 pages
...Twelves, 23x41 Small Double 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... | |
 | 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.... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1882 - 416 pages
...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... | |
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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. A sheet folded in 4 leaves... 
