 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1859 - 186 pages
...pounds? How many pounds in 2 quarters? How many quarters in 2 hundred?' How many hundreds in 2 tons ? TABLE OF TROY WEIGHT. 24 grains, gr.. make 1 pennyweight,...12 ounces .... 1 pound, ... Ib. 1. How many grains are there in 1 pennyweight? In 2 pennyweights? In 3 penny weights ? In 4 penBy weights ? 2. How many... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Mental arithmetic - 1860 - 164 pages
...At 5s. a yard, how many pounds will 32 yards of carpeting cost ? LESSON XX. TABLE OF TROY, OR MINT WEIGHT. 24 Grains (gr.) make 1 Pennyweight, pwt. 20...Pennyweights " 1 Ounce, oz. 12 Ounces " 1 Pound, Ib. NOTE. — This weight is used in weighing gold, silver, and jewels. 1 . How many grains in 1 pennyweight... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1860 - 460 pages
...weight used in weighing gold, silver, jewels, and liquors ; and in philosophical experiments. TABLE. 21 Grains (gr.) make 1 Pennyweight, pwt 20 Pennyweights " 1 Ounce, oz. 12 Ounces " 1 Pound, Ib. gr. pwt. 24 = 1 01. 480 = 20 = 1 Ib. 5760 = 240 = 12 = 1 NOTE 1. — Troy weight was introduced into... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1860 - 456 pages
...weight used in weighing gold, silver, jewels, and liquors ; and in philosophical experiments. TABLE. 24 Grains (gr.) make 1 Pennyweight, pwt. 20 Pennyweights " 1 Ounce, oz. 12 Ounces " 1 Pound, 1b. gr. pwt. 24 = 1 oz. 480 = 20 ' = 1 1b. 5760 = 240 = 12 = 1 NOTE 1. — Troy weight was introduced... | |
 | John Williams (of Lancaster, O.) - English language - 1860 - 410 pages
...(Ib.) 25 pounds " 1 quarter, (qr.) 4 quarters " 1 hundred weight, (cwt.) 20 hund. weight " 1 ton. (T.) Table of Troy Weight. 24 grains (gr.) make 1 pennyweight, (pwt.) 20 pwts. " 1 ounce, (oz.) 12 ounces " 1 pound, (Ib.) Table of •Apothecaries' Weight. 20 grains make... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1861 - 388 pages
...sovereign (sov.) is equal in value to one pound. 1. How many farthings in 1 penny ? in 3 pence ? in 6 pence ? in 9 pence ? 2. How many pence in 1 shilling...in 4 ? 2. How many pennyweights in 3 ounces ? in 5 ? 8. How many pennyweights in 96 grains ? in 124 grains ? - 4. In 120 pennyweights how many ounces... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - 1861 - 186 pages
...be bought for 2 sovereigns ? - 7 37. TABLE OF TKOY WEIGHT. 24 grains (gr.) make 1 pennyweight, ipwt. 20 pennyweights " 1 ounce, oz. 12 ounces " 1 pound,...grains ? 4. In 120 pennyweights how many ounces ? in •0 pennyweights ? n. What will a gold chain, weighing 15 pennyeights cost, at 8 dimes a pennyweight... | |
 | James Stewart Eaton - Arithmetic - 1864 - 194 pages
...weighing gold, silver, and precious stones. TABLE. 24 Grains (gr.) make 1 Pennyweight, marked dwt 2l) Pennyweights " 1 Ounce, " oz 12 Ounces " 1 Pound, " Ib 1. How many grains in 2dwt. ? In 2dwt. 6gr. ? 2. How many grains in 2£dwt. ? In If dwt. ? 3. How many pennyweights in 48gr.... | |
 | George Augustus Walton - Arithmetic - 1869 - 188 pages
...weighing gold, silver, and precious stones, and where great accuracy is required. TABLE. 24 grains (gr.) = 1 pennyweight, pwt. 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce, . ....ounces = 1 pound, . . . Ib. 1. How many grains in 1 pwt. ? in 2 pwt. 3 gr. ? 2. How many pwts. in 3 oz. ? in 4 oz. 2 pwt. ? 3. How many oz. in 5 Ibs.... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - Arithmetic - 1867 - 148 pages
...used in weighing gold, silver, precious stones, and liquors; also in philosophical experiments. TABLE. 24 grains (gr.) make 1 pennyweight, pwt. 20 pennyweights,...1 ounce, . . . . oz. 12 ounces, 1 pound, . . . Ib. EXAMPLES FOE THE SLATE. 1. Reduce 48494 gr. to pounds, &c. Ans. 81b. 5oz. 14 gr. Divide by 24 ; then... | |
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TROY WEIGHT. 24 grains (gr.) = 1 pennyweight (pwt.). 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce (oz.). 12 ounces = 1 pound (lb.). 351. Apothecaries' weight is used in mixing medicines and in selling them at retail. APOTHECARIES 
