| Calvin Tracy - Arithmetic - 1845 - 298 pages
...all kinds of grain, fruit, salt, coal, &c. TABLE. 4 gills (gi.) make 1 pint, marked pt. 2 pints . " 1 quart " qt. 8 quarts " 1 peck, " pk. 4 pecks " 1 bushel, " bu. 36 bushels " 1 chaldron " ch. IX. LONG MEASURE. The following denominations and numbers are used for... | |
| Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1847 - 212 pages
...three ? In four ? In five ? In six, ho-n many ? LESSON X. About Dry Measure. TABLE OF DRY MEASURE. 2 pints, pt. make - 1 quart, - - - - qt. 8 quarts - - - 1 peck, - - - - pk. 4 pecks --- - l bushel, - - - - bu. 36 bushels - - - 1 chaldron, - - - ch. 1 . How many pints in a quart ?... | |
| William Vogdes - Arithmetic - 1847 - 324 pages
...What are the denominations of dry measure ? A. Bushels, pecks, quarts, and pints. Repeat the table. TABLE. 2 pints, (pt.) make . . 1 quart, qt. 8 quarts 1 peck, p. 4 pecks 1 bushel, bu. 36 bushels 1 chaldron, chai. A gallon by dry measure contains 268| cubic inches,... | |
| Almon Ticknor - Arithmetic - 1848 - 124 pages
...butt p. or*b. 2 pipes or butts - " 1 tun T, DRY MEASURE is used in measuring grain, salt, &c. Marked 2 pints (pt.) - - make 1 quart - - qt. 8 quarts " 1 peck - - pk. 4 pecks " 1 bushel - - bu. LONG MEASURE is applied to length, distance, &c. 3 barley-corns (bar-c.) make 1 inch - - in. 1 foot... | |
| Conley Plotts - Arithmetic - 1848 - 276 pages
...are, Bushel, Peck, Quart, Pint, and Gill. 4 gills (gi.) make - - - 1 pint, marked - - - pt. 2 pints 1 quart, qt. 8 quarts 1 peck, pk. 4 pecks 1 bushel, bu. (7.) Liquid Measure. This measure is used for beer, cider, wine, &c. The denominations are, Tun, Pipe... | |
| William Vogdes - 1849 - 134 pages
...What are the denominations of dry measure ? A. Bushels, pecks, quarts, and pints. Repeat the table. TABLE. 2 pints, (pt.) make . . 1 quart, qt. 8 quarts ..... 1 peck, p. 4 pecks ..... 1 bushel, bu. 36 bushels ..... 1 chaldron, chal. A gallon by dry measure contains... | |
| George Roberts Perkins - Arithmetic - 1850 - 364 pages
...seeds, roots, fruits, salt, coal, sand, oysters, &c. * III the United States 32 busnel'=l chaldron. TABLE. 2 pints pt. make 1 quart, qt. 8 quarts " 1 peck, pk. 4 pecks « 1 bushel, bv. *36 bushels " 1 chaldron, eh. pt. qt. 2= 1 pk. 16= 8= 1 bu. 64= 32= 4= 1 eh. 2304= 1 152= 144=36=... | |
| James B. Dodd - Arithmetic - 1850 - 278 pages
...coal, and, in general, all such commodities as are estimated in the heap or aggregate. 2 pints (p<.) make 1 quart, (qt.); 8 quarts 1 peck, (pk.); 4 pecks, 1 bushel, (bu.); The English quarter, in Dry Measure, is 8 bushels, and the chaldron is a coal measure of 36 bushels... | |
| James L. Enos - Mental arithmetic - 1851 - 156 pages
...MEASURE. § 47. — DRY measure is used in measuring grain, fruit, salt, coal, &e. 2 pints, (pis.) make 1 quart, qt. 8 quarts . . . . " 1 peck, pk. 4 pecks . . . . " 1 bushel, bu. 8 bushels ..." 1. quarter, qr. 32 bushels ..." 1 chaldron, ch. Note. — A chaldron of coal in England... | |
| Daniel Leach - Arithmetic - 1853 - 622 pages
.... ° 30 degrees = 1 sign, . . . s. 12 signs, or 360 degrees, = 1 circle, . . cir. 2 pints (pt.) ^z 1 quart, . . qt. 8 quarts — 1 peck, . .pk. 4 pecks — 1 bushel, . . bu. 36 bushels — 1 chaldron, . . ch. pt. «. 2 = 1 pk. 16 = 8 = 1 bo. 64 = 32 = 4=1 ch 2304 = 1152 =... | |
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