 Weight is used in weighing groceries and all coarse articles ; as sugar, tea, coffee, butter, cheese, flour, hay, &c., and all metals except gold and silver. 16 drams (dr.) make 1 ounce, marked oz. 16 ounces " 1 pound, " Ib. 25 pounds " 1 quarter, " qr....  Practical Arithmetic: Uniting the Inductive with the Synthetic Mode of ... - Page 139by James Bates Thomson - 1850 - 350 pagesFull view - About this book
 | E. F. Haskell - Cooking - 1861 - 484 pages
...ba. ch. Avoirdupois Weight, used in Weighing Tea, Sugar, Butter, etc. 16 drachms make 1 ounce 1.Z. 16 ounces " 1 pound Ib. 25 pounds " 1 quarter qr. 4 quarters mako 1 hundredweight cwt. 20 hundredweights mako 1 ton T. Troy Weight, used in Weighing Gold, Silver,... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1862 - 428 pages
...former name of London.* AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. 251. Avoirdupois Weight is used in weighing groceries anu all coarse articles; as, sugar, tea, coffee, butter,...(dr.) make 1 ounce, marked oz. 16 ounces " 1 pound, " 16. 25 pounds " 1 quarter, " jr. 4 quarters, or 100 Ibs. " 1 hundred weight, " cwt. 20 hundred weight... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1862 - 436 pages
...Weight is used in weighing groceries ana all coarse articles ; as, sugar, tea, coffee, butter, checs'e, flour, hay, &c., and all metals except gold and silver....(dr.) make 1 ounce, marked oz. 16 ounces " 1 pound, " tt,. 25 pounds " 1 quarter, " qr. 4 quarters, or 100 Ibs. " 1 hundred weight, " emt. 20 hundred weight... | |
 | Stoddard A. Felter - Arithmetic - 1862 - 316 pages
...• AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. 76. Avoirdupois weight js used for weighing all ordiaary articles. (a) TABLE. 16 drams (dr.) make 1 ounce, marked oz. 16 ounces " 1 pound, " lb. 25 pounds " 1 quarter. " qr. 4 quarters " 1 hundred weight, " cwt 20 hundred weight " 1 ton,... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1862 - 126 pages
...weight is used in weighing almost every kind of goods, and all metals except gold and silver. TABLE. 16 drams (dr.) make 1 ounce, marked oz. 16 ounces " 1 pound, " lb. 100 pounds " 1 hundred weight, " cwt. 20 hundred weight " 1 ton, « T. NOTE. — A pound avoirdupois... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1863 - 130 pages
...linear inch, foot, yard, and rod ; also a sifuare and citbic inch, foot, &C. AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. . V. Avoirdupois Weight is used in weighing groceries and...flour, hay, &c., and all metals except gold and silver. 10 drams (dr.) make 1 ounce, marked oz. 16 ounces " 1 pound, " U>. 25 pounds " I quarter, " jr. 4 quarters,... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1863 - 346 pages
...What are the units of the scale 1 What is the standard ivine gallon ? PKNOMUiATU X UJIBKRS. Table. 16 Drams (dr.) . . make 1 Ounce, . . . marked oz. 16 Ounces 1 Pound, Ib. 25 Pounds 1 Quarter, gr. 4 Quarters 1 Hundredweight, . . cwt. 20 Hundredweight . 1 Ton, T. Table Reversed. oz. dr. ib. 1... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1863 - 350 pages
...every, thing except jewels, precious metals, etc. TABLE. 16 drains (dr.) .... equal 1 ounce, . . . oz. 16 ounces "1 pound, . . Ib. 25 pounds . ... "1 quarter, . . . qr. 4 quarters, or 100 pounds, " 1 hundred weight, cwt. 20 hundred weight . . "1 ton, . . . . T. T. cwt. qr. Ib. 02. dr. 1... | |
 | James Stewart Eaton - Arithmetic - 1864 - 188 pages
...weighing tho coarser articles of merchandise ; such as. hay, cotton, tea, sugar, copper, iron, etc. TABLE. 16 Drams (dr.) make 1 Ounce. marked oz. 16 Ounces...Pound, " Ib. 25 Pounds " 1 Quarter, " qr. 4 Quarters " 1 Hundred Weight. " cwt. 20 Hundred Weight " 1 Ton, " t. 13. At 9 cents a pound, what will Icwt.... | |
 | Stoddard A. Felter - Arithmetic - 1864 - 430 pages
...LESSON IV. AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. 85. Avoirdupois weight is used for all ordinary purposes. (a.) TABLE. 1 6 drams (dr.) make 1 ounce, marked oz. 16 ounces " 1 pound, " Ib. 25 pounds make 1 quarter, marked qr. 4 quarters " 1 hundred weight, " cwt. 20 hundred weight « 1 ton, « T.... | |
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