The National Arithmetic on the Inductive System: Combining the Analytic and Synthetic Methods : Forming a Complete Course of Higher ArithmeticRobert S. Davis & Company, 1878 - 450 σελίδες |
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... NOTE 3. - The term sterling is probably from Easterling , the popular name of certain early German traders in England , whose money was noted for the purity of its quality . - NOTE 4. The English coins consist of the five - sovereign ...
... NOTE 3. - The term sterling is probably from Easterling , the popular name of certain early German traders in England , whose money was noted for the purity of its quality . - NOTE 4. The English coins consist of the five - sovereign ...
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... NOTE 3. The term avoirdupois is from the French avoir du poid , signifying to have weight . 7015 NOTE 4. -The standard avoirdupois pound of the United States is the weight , taken in the air , of 2775 cubic inches of distilled water ...
... NOTE 3. The term avoirdupois is from the French avoir du poid , signifying to have weight . 7015 NOTE 4. -The standard avoirdupois pound of the United States is the weight , taken in the air , of 2775 cubic inches of distilled water ...
Σελίδα 92
... NOTE 1. Troy weight was introduced into Europe from Cairo in Egypt , in the 12th century , and was first adopted in Troyes , a city in France , where great fairs were held , whence it may have had its name . NOTE 2.- A grain or corn of ...
... NOTE 1. Troy weight was introduced into Europe from Cairo in Egypt , in the 12th century , and was first adopted in Troyes , a city in France , where great fairs were held , whence it may have had its name . NOTE 2.- A grain or corn of ...
Σελίδα 93
... NOTE 2 . - - Medicines are usually bought and sold by Avoirdupois Weight . NOTE 3. In estimating the weight of fluids , 45 drops , or a common tea- spoonful , make about 1 fluid dram ; 2 common table - spoonfuls , about 1 fluid ounce ...
... NOTE 2 . - - Medicines are usually bought and sold by Avoirdupois Weight . NOTE 3. In estimating the weight of fluids , 45 drops , or a common tea- spoonful , make about 1 fluid dram ; 2 common table - spoonfuls , about 1 fluid ounce ...
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... NOTE 1. - 12 lines make 1 inch ; 4 inches , 1 hand ; 6 feet , 1 fathom ; 120 fathoms , 1 cable length ; 7 cable - lengths , 1 mile ; of a degree of the circum- ference of the earth , 1 knot , or geographical mile , equal to 141⁄2 ...
... NOTE 1. - 12 lines make 1 inch ; 4 inches , 1 hand ; 6 feet , 1 fathom ; 120 fathoms , 1 cable length ; 7 cable - lengths , 1 mile ; of a degree of the circum- ference of the earth , 1 knot , or geographical mile , equal to 141⁄2 ...
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