| George Henry Van Tuyl - 1913 - 282 σελίδες
...Avoirdupois weight is used in weighing all sorts of coarse, heavy articles. TABLE 16 ounces (oz.) = 1 pound (Ib.) 100 pounds = 1 hundredweight (cwt.) 20 hundredweight = 1 ton (T.) Long Ton 604. The long ton (or gross ton) contains 2240 Ib. It is used in the United States customhouse... | |
| William Aloysius Boylan, Floyd R. Smith - 1916 - 152 σελίδες
...= 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt.) 4 quarts = 1 gallon (gal.) TABLE OF WEIGHT 16 ounces (oz.) = 1 pound (Ib.) 100 pounds = 1 hundredweight (cwt.) 20 hundredweight = 1 ton (T.) 2,000 pounds = 1 ton TABLE OF DRY MEASURE 2 pints (pt.) = 1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts = 1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks... | |
| Eugene Herz, Mary G. Brants - 1920 - 344 σελίδες
...(pt.) =1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts = 1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks =1 bushel (bu.) Avoirdupois Weight 16 ounces (oz.) =1 pound (Ib.) 100 pounds =1 hundredweight (cwt.) 20 hundredweight = 1 ton (T.) 2,000 pounds =1 short ton 2,240 pounds = 1 long ton (used at mines TABLES OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Linear... | |
| 1926 - 264 σελίδες
...weighs 196 Ib. A quarter-barrel sack of flour weighs 49 Ib. Avoirdupois Weight 16 ounces (oz.) --- 1 pound (Ib.) 100 pounds = 1 hundredweight (cwt.) 20 hundredweight = 1 ton (T.) The standard unit of avoirdupois weight is the pound. It is the weight of 27.7015 cu. in. of distilled... | |
| Daniel Barnard Hagar - 1871 - 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 " 1 hundred-weight ... owt. 20 hundred-weight " 1 ton T. 1 T. = 2 0 cwt. = 2000 Ib. = 32000 oz. 332. In collecting duties... | |
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