 | Alfred Kirk, Henry Holmes Belfield - 1876 - 220 pages
...used in weighing merchandise that is bought and sold by weight, such as groceries, coal, etc. TABLE OF AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. 16 ounces (oz.) = 1 pound (Ib.) 100 pounds = 1 hundredweight (cwt.) 20 hundredweight = ) , ^Qn /rp \ 2000 pounds = ] NOTE.-Tbe "long ton," containing 2240 Ib., is used... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - 1889 - 476 pages
...(oz.) 12 ounces — 1 pound (Ib.). Avoirdupois Weight. 16 drams (dr.) — 1 ounce (oz.). 16 ounces — 1 pound (Ib.). 100 pounds — 1 hundredweight (cwt.). 2000 pounds - 1 ton (t.). The long ton is still used in the United States Custom Houses and in wholesale transactions in iron... | |
 | George Edward Atwood - 1894 - 396 pages
...bushel contains 2150.42 cubic inches. 150. Avoirdupois Weight is used in weighing all common articles. 16 ounces (oz.) . . . = 1 pound . . . Ib. 100 pounds...hundredweight cwt. 2000 pounds . . . = 1 ton . . . . T. 151. The long ton of 2240 pounds is used in weighing goods at the custom houses and weighing coal at... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - 1896 - 318 pages
...(oz.) 12 ounces — 1 pound (1b.). Avoirdupois Weight. 16 drams (dr.) = 1 ounce (oz.). 16 ounces — 1 pound (Ib.). 100 pounds — 1 hundredweight (cwt.). .2000 pounds - 1 ton (t.). The long ton is still used in the United States Custom Houses and in wholesale transactions in iron... | |
 | Wooster Woodruff Beman, David Eugene Smith - 1897 - 234 pages
...CAPACITY. 2 pints = 1 quart. 8 quarts = 1 peck (pk.). 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu.) = 2150. 42* cu. in. AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. 16 ounces (oz.) = 1 pound (Ib.)....1 hundredweight (cwt.). 2000 pounds = 1 ton (t.). 2240 pounds = 1 long ton, little used in America except in wholesale transactions in mining products,... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - 1901 - 440 pages
...Avoirdupois Weight is used in weighing all articles except gold, silver, and precious stones. TABLE. 16 ounces (oz.) = 1 pound (Ib.). 100 pounds — 1 hundredweight (cwt.). 2000 pounds = 1 ton (t.). The long ton is used in the United States Custom Houses and in wholesale transactions in iron and coal.... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth, George Anthony Hill - 1897 - 476 pages
...(oz.) 12 ounces — 1 pound (1b.). Avoirdupois Weight, 16 drams (dr.) *» 1 ounce (oz.). 16 ounces — 1 pound (Ib.). 100 pounds — 1 hundredweight (cwt.). 2000 pounds - 1 ton (t.). The long ton is still used in the United States Custom Houses and in wholesale transactions in iron... | |
 | James Alexander McLellan, Albert Flintoft Ames - 1897 - 368 pages
...metals, and medicines when dispensed. The prime unit of weight is 1 pound Avoirdupois. AvoiRDnpois WEIGHT 16 ounces (oz.) = 1 pound (Ib.) 100 pounds = 1 hundredweight (cwt.) 20 hundredweight = 1 ton (T.) In the United States Custom House, and in weighing iron and coal at the... | |
 | James Alexander McLellan, Albert Flintoft Ames - 1898 - 360 pages
...(pt.) = 1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts = 1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks, or 32 quarts = 1 bushel (bu.) UNITS OF WEIGHT Avoirdupois Weight 16 ounces (oz.) = 1 pound (Ib.) 100 pounds = 1 hundredweight (cwt.) 2000 pounds, or 20 hundredweight = 1 ton (T.) UNITS OF LENGTH Long Measure 12 inches (in.) = 1 foot (ft.) 3 feet... | |
 | George Edward Atwood - 1899 - 392 pages
...bushel contains 2150.42 cubic inches. 150. Avoirdupois Weight is used in weighing all common articles. 16 ounces (oz.) . . . = 1 pound . . . Ib. 100 pounds...hundredweight cwt. 2000 pounds . . . = 1 ton . . . . T. 151. The long ton of 2240 pounds is used in weighing goods at the custom houses and weighing coal at... | |
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AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT 16 ounces (oz.) . . . = 1 pound Ib. 100 pounds =1 hundredweight. . cwt. 2000 pounds = 1 ton T. 
