 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, by Induction and Analysis - Σελίδα 89των Joseph Ray - 1857 - 336 σελίδεςΠλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | James Bates Thomson - 1846 - 362 σελίδες
...; 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...Ib. 25 pounds " 1 quarter, " qr. 4 quarters, or 100 Ibs. " 1 hundred weight, cwt. 20 hundred weight " 1 ton, marked " T. OBS. 1. The Avoirdupois Pound... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - 1846 - 354 σελίδες
...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...pound, " Ib. 25 pounds " 1 quarter, " qr. 4 quarters " 1 hundred weight, cwt. 20 hundred weight " 1 ton, marked T. Oss. 1. The Avoirdupois Pound of the... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - 1846 - 402 σελίδες
...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...pound, " Ib. 25 pounds " 1 quarter, " qr. 4 quarters " 1 hundred weight, cwt. 20 hundred weight " 1 ton, marked T. OEs. 1. The Avoirdupois Pound of the... | |
 | Isaac A. Clark - 1846 - 204 σελίδες
...AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. 10 grains (gr.) - - =1 scruple sc. 3 scruples - - =1 drachm dr. 16 Drachms - - =1 ounce oz. 16 ounces - - =1 pound Ib. 25 pounds - - =1 quarter qr. 4 quarters - =1 hundred weight cwt ft?" 28 pounds is called a quarter in some of the Arithmetics, or 112 pounds=one... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - 1847 - 434 σελίδες
...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...Ib. 25 pounds " 1 quarter, " qr. 4 quarters, or 100 Ibs. " 1 hundred weight, " cwt. 20 hundred weight " 1 ton, " T. Note. — In weighing wool in England,... | |
 | Charles Davies - 1847 - 368 σελίδες
...weight. But at the present time the merchants in our principal cities buy and sell by the 100 pounds. TABLE. 16 drams dr. make 1 ounce, marked oz. 16 ounces...Ib. 25 pounds - - 1 quarter, - - - qr. 4 quarters - - 1 hundred weight, cwt, 20 hundred weight, 1 ton, .... T. T. cwt. qr. 11. oz. dr. 1=20 = 80=2000... | |
 | Charles Davies - 1849 - 184 σελίδες
...dram, - - 3. 8 drams . . 1 ounce, - - 5. 12 ounces 1 pound, - - HJ. 16 drams, dr. make 1 ounce, - - 02. 16 ounces - - 1 pound, - - Ib. 25 pounds - - 1 quarter, - qr. 4 quarters, - 1 hundred weight, cwt. 20 hundred weight, 1 ton, - - - T. About Long Measure. TABLE OF LONG MEASURE.... | |
 | Warren Colburn - 1849 - 166 σελίδες
...and Silver. It is now the custom to allow 100 Ibs. for a hundred weight instead of 112 as formerly. 16 drams (dr.) make 1 ounce, marked oz. 16 ounces...pound, '* Ib. 25 pounds " 1 quarter, " qr. 4 quarters " 1 hundred weight, " ctat. JO hundred weight " 1 ton, *' T. Table V. — CLOTH MEASURE. Used in measuring... | |
 | Calvin Tracy - 1851 - 214 σελίδες
...weight, to enable the physician to weigh out small doses of medicine. TABLE TV. AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. 16 drams (dr.) . . make 1 ounce, . . . marked oz....Ib. 25 pounds ... "1 quarter, . . " qr. 4 quarters ... "1 hundredweight, " cwt. 20 hundredweight . " 1 ton, .... " T. This is the weight nsed by grocers,... | |
 | John Fair Stoddard - 1852 - 320 σελίδες
...weigh all thing! of a coarse nature, as groceries, some liquids, and all metals except gold and silver. TABLE. 16 Drams (dr.) make 1 Ounce, marked oz. 16...Pound, " Ib. 25 Pounds* " 1 Quarter, " qr. 4 Quarters " 1 Hundred Weight, " cwt. 20 Hundred Weight " 1 Ton, " T. * NOTE. — In buying and selling articles,... | |
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