7 1 8 700 720.. 3 0 0 800.. 900 .. 960 9 ... 1100 1200. 3100 12 18 4 1920 8 0 0 3120 ..13 0 3 6 8 2000 .. 8 6 8 3200 ..13 6 3 15 0 2100 8 15 0 4.0 02160 9 0 0 1000 .. 4 3 4 2200 9 3 4 4 11 8 2300 .. 9 11 8 500 2400 .. 10 0 0 7 18 4 EXTENDED PENCE TABLE. £ s. d. d. £ s. d. d. .. d. £. s. d. d. 7 10 £ s. d. 8 4 15 16 8 16 0 0 3900 ..16 5 0 4300 .. 17 18 4 4320 .. 18 0 0 SIGNS USED IN ARITHMETIC. +named plus, signifies Addition, as 4+2 equal 6. named minus, signifies Subtraction, as 5-2 equal 3. X multiplied by, signifies Multiplication, as 4X2 equal 8. signifies Division, as 10-2 equal 5. signifies Equality, as 2+4-6. divided by, = equal to, : is to signifies Proportion as 1:2:: 3:6 :: so isThese figures are thus read, as I is to 2 so is 3 to 6. : to £ denotes pounds, s. shillings, and d. pence. one farthing, or one quarter of any thing. a halfpenny, or a half of any thing. three farthings, or three quarters of any thing. 1 quarter 20 hundred weight 1 ton 28 pounds marked. 02. lb. gr. 4 quarters or 112lb.= 1 hundred weight cwt. T. 14 pounds make one stone, and 8 stone 1 hundred weight. This weight is used for bread, meat, grocery, for goods in general, and for all the metals except gold and silver. TROY WEIGHT. marked 24 grains (gr.) = 1 pennyweight, dwt. 12 ounces oz. lb. This weight is used for gold, silver, jewels, and liquors. Apothecaries use this weight in mixing their medicines; but they buy and sell by avoirdupois weight. An Inch is supposed to be equal to three barley-corns in length. Seven yards Irish, equal one perch. Eleven miles Irish are equal to fourteen miles English. 4 inches make one hand, used in measuring horses. = 1 degree. deg. The Flemish ell is 3 quarters of a yard; the English ell 5 quarters of a yard; and the French ell 6 quarters of a yard. 640 acres 1 square mile ac. sq. mile. In Ireland 49 square yards make 1 square pole or perch. The square of any number is obtained by multiplying it by itself, 12 multiplied by 12144, the square of 12. 1 acre A cube is a solid figure, similar to dice, and has six equal sides. The cube of any number is obtained by multiplying it twice by itself-thus, 12 x 12 x 12 1728, the cube of 12. By this measure both liquids and dry goods are measured. The gill, pint, quart, gallon are used for liquids. The peck, bushel, quarter, foad are used for dry goods. The gallon contains 277,274 cubic inches. The measure formerly called heaped measure is now, by Act of Parliament, declared illegal. Ale, wine, and beer were formerly measured by different measures. In some places a barrel of beer contains 32, in some 34, and in others 36 gallons. A hogshead of ale was computed to contain 54 gallons, a hogshead of wine 63 gallons. 2 hogsheads make 1 pipe, or butt. 2 pipes, or butts make 1 tun. |