 AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. 16 drams (dr.) make 1 ounce, marked oz. 16 ounces 1 pound Ib. 28 pounds 1 quarter qr. 4 quarters 1 hundred weight cwt. 20 hundred weight 1 ton T.  Elements of Arithmetic - Page 29by Etienne Bézout - 1824 - 219 pagesFull view - About this book
 | David Bates Tower - Arithmetic - 1850 - 190 pages
...ft Medicines are mixed by this weight, but drugs are usually bought and sold by avoirdupois weight AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. 16 drams (dr.) make 1 ounce, marked oz. 16 ounces « 1 pound, " lb. 28 pounds " 1 quarter, " qr. 4 quarters, or 112 Ibs. " 1 hum!, weight, " cwt 20 hundred weight... | |
 | Warren Colburn - Arithmetic - 1849 - 168 pages
...and Silver. It is now the custom to allow 100 Ibs. for a hundred weight instead of 112 as formerly. 16 drams (dr.) make 1 ounce, marked oz. 16 ounces " 1 pound, '* Ib. 25 pounds " 1 quarter, " qr. 4 quarters " 1 hundred weight, " ctat. JO hundred weight " 1 ton, *' T.... | |
 | George Roberts Perkins - Arithmetic - 1850 - 364 pages
...metals, except gold and silver. • TABLE. 16 drams dr. make 1 ounce, o». 16 ounces u 1 pound, ii. 28 pounds " 1 quarter, qr. 4 quarters " 1 hundred weight, cwt. 20 hundred weight " 1 ton, 'T. dr. oz. 16= 1 Ib. 256= 16= 1 qr. 7168= 448= 28= 1 cwt. 28672= 1792= 112=... | |
 | Oliver Byrne - Engineering - 1851 - 310 pages
...their drugs by avoirdupois weight. AVOIRDUPOIS -WEIGHT. Drams marked dr. 16 Drams make 1 Ounce.... — oz. 16 Ounces — 1 Pound....... — Ib. 28 Pounds...qr. 4 Quarters — 1 Hundred Weight... — cwt. 20 Hundred Weight... — 1 Ton ........ — ton. dr. oz. 16 = 1 Ib. 256 = 16 = 1 qr. 7168 = 448 = 28 =... | |
 | Calvin Tracy - 1851 - 214 pages
...minute divisions of weight, to enable the physician to weigh out small doses of medicine. TABLE TV. AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. 16 drams (dr.) . . make 1 ounce,.... . . marked oz. 16 ounces ... "1 pound, ... " Ib. 25 pounds ... "1 quarter, . . " qr. 4 quarters ... "1 hundredweight, " cwt. 20 hundredweight . " 1... | |
 | Francis Lieber - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1851 - 544 pages
...grains. 16 drams . . ... . . = 1 ounce nr 13?A " 16 ounces ....... r= 1 pound (Jb.) . . . . =1 7000 « 28 pounds .... . . . ~ 1 quarter (qr.). 4 quarters . . . . . . = 1 hundred weight (cwt."). 20 hundredweight . . — 1 ton This weight is used in almost all commercial transactions, anr in the common... | |
 | John Hunter - Arithmetic - 1852 - 184 pages
...Troy Weight is used in weighing gold, silver, jewels, frc. AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. 16 drams = 1 ounce. (oz.) 16 ounces = 1 pound. (Ib.) 28 pounds = 1 quarter. (qr.) 4 quarters, or 1 12 Ibs =1 hundredweight. (cwt.) 20 hundredweights = 1 ton. («.) LINEAL OR LONG MEASURE. 12 inches... | |
 | Charles Davies - 1852 - 344 pages
...articles are weighed, such as hay, grain, chandlers' wares, and all metals except gold and silver. TABLE. 16 drams, dr. make 1 ounce, marked oz. 16 ounces - - 1 pound, - Ib. 25 pounds - - 1 quarter, - qr. 4 quarters - - 1 hundred weight, cwt. 20 hundred weight 1 ton, - - T.... | |
 | John Fair Stoddard - Arithmetic - 1852 - 320 pages
...thing! of a coarse nature, as groceries, some liquids, and all metals except gold and silver. TABLE. 16 Drams (dr.) make 1 Ounce, marked oz. 16 Ounces " 1 Pound, " Ib. 25 Pounds* " 1 Quarter, " qr. 4 Quarters " 1 Hundred Weight, " cwt. 20 Hundred Weight " 1 Ton, " T.... | |
 | Warren Colburn - Arithmetic - 1853 - 266 pages
...pound of tobacco cost 23 cents, what will a keg •jf tobacco, weighing 112 pounds, cost ? AVOIUDUPOIS WEIGHT. 16 drams (dr.) make 1 ounce, marked oz. 16 ounces 1 pound lb. 28 pounds 1 quarter qr. 4 quarters 1 hundred weight cwt 20 hundred weight 1 ton T. By this weight... | |
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