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Σελίδα 110 - Troy Weight. 24 grains (gr.) — 1 pennyweight (dwt). 20 pennyweights — 1 ounce (oz.) 12 ounces — 1 pound (Ib.).
Σελίδα 110 - The old ale gallon contained 282 cubic inches ; and the old wine gallon 231. The French litre, or standard measure of capacity for liquids, contains 61-028 cubic inches, or about -4 .33 of the imperial gallon.
Σελίδα 108 - MEASURES OF LENGTH. 12 inches =1 foot. 3 feet =1 yard. Ц yards =1 pole or rod. 40 poles =1 furlong, 8 furlongs, 1760 yards, or 5,280 feet = 1 mile.
Σελίδα 110 - LIFE. 27•34375 troy grains = 1 dram (marked dr.) 16 drams = 1 ounce „ oz. 16 ounces .=, 1 pound ,, Ib. 14 pounds — 1 stone „ at. 2 stones, or 28 pounds = 1 quarter „ qr. 4 quarters, or 1l2 pounds = 1 hundredweight „ cwt. 20 hundredweights .= 1 ton t
Σελίδα 5 - Endless Railway on common roads have been fully and satisfactorily tested at Woolwich, before a committee appointed by the Government, and also at other places, and the following important results obtained, viz. — that on the best ordinary roads the heaviest loads can be drawn with greater economy than by horse-power, and that in ascending or descending the steepest hills, or in passing over soft and marshy ground, where no roads exist, thi» engine and railway have been found to overcome difficulties...
Σελίδα 109 - Measure of Surface, or Square Measure. 144 Square Inches 1 Square Foot. 9 Square Feet 1 Square Yard. 30£ Square Yards 1 Square Pole.
Σελίδα 40 - The peculiar merit attached to these Pulleys is, that while they are more powerful than ordinary Pulley Blocks, they also possess the novel and invaluable quality of not "running down," under any circumstances, while the load is suspended to tbem.
Σελίδα 5 - Another very importantfeature ol it is, that the Engine passing so smoothly over the Endless Railway, the machinery is liable to far less injury and wear and tear than a Portable Engine drawn on ordinary wheels. As a feeder to the goods...

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