 | Daniel Barnard Hagar - 1872 - 352 σελίδες
...AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHTS. 331. Avoirdupois Weights are those used in weighing produce, groceries, iron, etc. TABLE. 16 ounces (oz.) are 1 pound Ib. 100 pounds...hundred-weight , . . cwt. 20 hundred-weight " 1 ton T. 1T. = 20 cwt. = 2000 Ib. = 32000 oz. 332. In collecting duties upon foreign goods, at the United States... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - 1875 - 346 σελίδες
...estimated by weight, except gold, silver, and jewels. Tatole. 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,... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - 1876 - 230 σελίδες
...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,... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1877 - 160 σελίδες
...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. OS. 1- How many ounces in 1 pound? In 2 pounds ? In 5 pounds ? In 10 pounds ? In 32 drams ? 2. How... | |
 | Edward Brooks - 1877 - 438 σελίδες
...Avoirdupois Weight is used for weigb.ug overy thing except jewels, precious metals, etc. TABLE. 16 ounces . . =1 pound, . . . Ib. 100 pounds . . =1 hundredweight, cwt. 20 hundredweight . = 1 ton, . . T. I. NAME. — The term Avoirdupois is probably from the F»euch avoir dv poidSj to have vtiijht.... | |
 | Daniel Bernard Hagar - 1877 - 236 σελίδες
...groceries, coal, iron, and similar articles. The units are an ounce, a pound, a hundred-weight and a ton. TABLE. 16 ounces (oz.) are 1 pound ...... .- ...... Ib. 100 pounds 1 hundred-iveight . . cwt. 20 hundred-weight " Iton ................. T. Also, 56 pounds of corn or rye,... | |
 | Edward Brooks - 1877 - 564 σελίδες
...Weight is used for weighing everything except jewels, precious metals, etc. TABLE. 16 ounces (oz.) . = 1 pound . . Ib. 100 pounds . . =1 hundredweight cwt. 20 hundredweight . = 1 Ton . . T. T. cwt. Ib. oz. 1 = 20 = 2000 = 32000 1 = 100 = 1600. SCALE.—Ascending, 16, 100, 20; descending,... | |
 | William James Milne - 1877 - 418 σελίδες
...hay, grain, groceries, coal, etc., and the metals, except </old mid silver. TABLE. 16 Ounces (oz.) = 1 Pound Ib. 100 Pounds = 1 Hundred-weight . cwt. 20 Hundred-weight = 1 Ton T. T. cwt. Ib. m. 1 = 20 = 2000 = 32000 Scale—16,100, 20. 1. In weighing coal at the mines and in... | |
 | Edward Brooks - 1878 - 164 σελίδες
...WEIGHT is used in weighing everything except jewels and the precioue metals. TABLE. 16 ounces . equal 1 pound, . . . Ib. 100 pounds . " 1 hundredweight, . cwt. 20 hundredweight " 1 ton, . T. NOTE.— A quarter means one-fourth of a hundredweight. MENTAL EXERCISES. Г. How many ounces in 3... | |
 | Edward Brooks - 1889 - 482 σελίδες
...Avoirdupois Weight is used for weighing everything except jewels, precious metals, etc. TABLE. 16 ounces . . =1 pound, . . Ib. 100 pounds . . =1 hundredweight, cwt. 20 hundredweight . = 1 ton, . . T. i NAME. — The term Avoirdupoi» Is probably from the French avoir dii f jifls, to have weight. II.... | |
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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. 
