 AVoIRDUPOIS WEIGHT 16 ounces (oz.) = 1 pound (Ib.). 100 pounds = 1 hundredweight (cwt.). 20 hundredweight = 1 ton (T.).  City Arithmetics - Page 143by William Aloysius Boylan, Floyd R. Smith - 1916Full view - About this book
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - 1893 - 228 pages
...estimated by weight, except gold, silver, and jewels. Table. 16 drams (dr.) are 1 ounce, oz. 16 ounces, 1 pound, Ib. 100 pounds, 1 hundred-weight, cwt. 20 hundred-weight, 1 ton, . T. Also, 25 pounds are 1 quarter; 2000 pounds 1 ton. Formerly 112 pounds were reckoned a hundred-weight,... | |
 | John Williston Cook, Nebraska C. Cropsey - Arithmetic - 1893 - 316 pages
...gold, silver, and precious stones. The denominations are ounces, pounds, htindred-weights, and tons. 16 ounces (oz.) = 1 pound (Ib.). 100 pounds = 1 hundred-weight (cwt.). 20 hundred-weight, 2000 Ib. = 1 ton (T.). 60 pounds of wheat — 1 bushel. 56 " corn or rye =1 " 32 " oats =1 « 100 "... | |
 | Albert Newton Raub - Arithmetic - 1894 - 174 pages
...groceries, etc., but not gold, silver, or precious stones. The following is the table used : TABLE. 16 ounces (oz.) =1 pound, Ib. 100 pounds =1 hundredweight, cwt. 20 hundredweight, or 2000 pounds — 1 ton, T. NOTES. — 1. The Avoirdupois pound contains 7000 grains. 2. In collecting... | |
 | Henry B. Maglathlin - 1894 - 370 pages
...estimated by weight, except gold, silver, and jewels. Table. 16 drams (dr.) are 1 ounce, oz. 16 ounces, 1 pound, Ib. 100 pounds, 1 hundred-weight, cwt. 20 hundred-weight, . 1 ton, T. Also, 25 pounds are 1 quarter (qr.). The dram as a unit is used chiefly by manufacturers of silk, silktrimmings,... | |
 | George Washington Hull - Arithmetic - 1895 - 404 pages
...Weight. I. Avoirdupois Weight is used in weighing everything except precious metals and jewels. TABLE. 16 ounces (oz.) = 1 pound, Ib. 100 pounds = 1 hundred-weight, cwt. 20 hundred-weight = 1 ton, T. At the United States Custom House, and in weighing coal and iron at mines, the following weights are... | |
 | William James Milne - Arithmetic - 1895 - 476 pages
...articles, as hay, grain, groceries, coal, etc., and the metals, except gold and silver. • TABLE. 10 Ounces (oz.) = 1 Pound Ib. 100 Pounds = 1 Hundred-weight . cwt. 20 Hundred-weight = 1 Ton T. T. cwt. Ib. oz. 1 = 20 = 2000 = 32000 Scale. — 20, 100, 16. 1 . In weighing coal at the mines... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1895 - 430 pages
...Avoirdupois Weight is used for weighing everythiug except jewels, precious metals, etc. TABLE. 16 ounces =1 pound Ib. 100 pounds =1 hundredweight . . . cwt. 20 hundredweight . . = 1 ton T. The unit is the pound. It is derived from the Troy pound, and contains 7000 grains Troy. It is equal... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1895 - 248 pages
...precious metals. 1. The Troy Ib. contains 5760 gr. ; the Avoirdupois Ib., 7000 gr TABLE. 16 ounces = 1 pound Ib. 100 pounds — 1 hundredweight . . cwt. 20 hundredweight . . = 1 ton T. A quarter means one-fourth of a hundredweight. ORAL EXERCISES. 1. How many ounces in 3 pounds ? In... | |
 | Thomas Rhys Vickroy - Arithmetic - 1895 - 174 pages
...WEIGHT 86. Is used in weighing grain, groceries, coal, etc. 16 drams (dr.) = 1 ounce (oz.) 16 ounces = 1 pound (Ib.) 100 pounds = 1 hundred-weight (cwt.) 20 hundred-weight = 1 ton (T.) 1 ton = 20 cwt. = 2,000 Ib. = 32,000 oz. = 512,000 dr. 32 lb.=l bu. of oate. 196 Ib.=l bbl. of flour.... | |
 | George Washington Hull - Arithmetic - 1896 - 152 pages
...Avoirdupois Weight is used in weighing everything except pre clous metals, jewels, and some drugs. TABLE. 16 ounces (oz.) = 1 pound, Ib. 100 pounds =•= 1 hundredweight, cwt. 20 hundredweight = 1 ton, T. EQUIVALENTS : 1 T. = 20 cwt. = 2000 Ib. = 32,000 oz. NOTE. — The avoirdupois pound contains 7000... | |
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