 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - 1880 - 370 σελίδες
...estimated by weight, except gold, silver, and jewels. Tal>le. 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,... | |
 | Andrew Jackson Rickoff - 1888 - 464 σελίδες
...Avoirdupois Weight is used. The standard unit is the pound of 7000 grains. Table. 18 Ounces (oz.) = 1 Pound (Ib.). 100 Pounds = 1 Hundredweight (cwt.). 20 Hundredweight = 1 Ton (T.). The term cental is beginning to be used for hundredweight. Equivalents. 1 Ton = 20 Hundredweight =... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - 1888 - 392 σελίδες
...carat (of diamond) = 3J gre. Avoirdupois Weight. 298. 16 drams (drs.) = 1 ounce (oz.). 16 ounces = 1 pound (Ib.). 100 pounds = 1 hundred-weight (cwt.). 20 hundred-weight = 1 ton (t.). 112 pounds = 1 long hundred-weight. 2240 pounds = 1 long ton. NOTE. Troy weight is used for weighing... | |
 | William James Milne - 1892 - 440 σελίδες
...hay, grain, groceries, coal, etc., and the metals, except gold and silver. TABLE. 16 Ounces (oz.) = 1 Pound Ib. 100 Pounds = 1 Hundred-weight . cwt. 20 Hundred-weight = 1 Ton T. T. CWt. Ib. OZ. 1 = 20 = 2000 = 32000 Scale.— 20, 100, 16. 1. In weighing coal at the mines and... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - 1893 - 228 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,... | |
 | Webster Wells - 1893 - 382 σελίδες
...Weight is used in weighing all common articles. TABLE. 16 drams (dr.) = 1 ounce. (oz.) 16 ounces = 1 pound. (Ib.) 100 pounds = 1 hundred-weight- (cwt.) 20 hundred-weight = 1 ton. (T.) The following are used at the United States Custom Houses, and in weighing iron and coal at the mines... | |
 | Henry B. Maglathlin - 1894 - 370 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 (qr.). The dram as a unit is used chiefly by manufacturers of silk, silktrimmings,... | |
 | George Washington Hull - 1895 - 408 σελίδες
...Avoirdupois Weight is used in weighing everything except precious metals and jewels. TABLE. 16 ounces (oz.) = 1 pound, Ib. 100 pounds = 1 hundred-weight, cwt. 20 hundred-weight = 1 ton, T. At the United States Custom House, and in weighing coal and iron at mines, the following weights are... | |
 | Edward Brooks - 1895 - 430 σελίδες
...Avoirdupois Weight is used for weighing everythiug except jewels, precious metals, etc. TABLE. 16 ounces =1 pound Ib. 100 pounds =1 hundredweight . . . cwt. 20 hundredweight . . = 1 ton T. The unit is the pound. It is derived from the Troy pound, and contains 7000 grains Troy. It is equal... | |
 | Thomas Rhys Vickroy - 1895 - 174 σελίδες
...WEIGHT 86. Is used in weighing grain, groceries, coal, etc. 16 drams (dr.) = 1 ounce (oz.) 16 ounces = 1 pound (Ib.) 100 pounds = 1 hundred-weight (cwt.) 20 hundred-weight = 1 ton (T.) 1 ton = 20 cwt. = 2,000 Ib. = 32,000 oz. = 512,000 dr. 32 lb.=l bu. of oate. 196 Ib.=l bbl. of flour.... | |
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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. 
