The Young Scholar's Reference Book: Being a Collection of Useful Tables : Together with Such Abbreviations and Phrases as Frequently Occur in Writings of the Present DayGould, Newman and Saxton, 1839 - 51 pages |
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12 ounces 1839 MDCCCXXXIX 66 1 barrel 66 1 furlong 66 1 gallon 66 1 hogshead 66 1 quarter ANDOVER Avoirdupois Baccalaureus Bekah Bowdoin College cent Custos D. D. late President Doctor Doctor of Divinity drams Dry Measure Ducat Eighteen is written Eighty LXXX England English Ephah Farthing feet 66 Forty 66 XL Fourteen 66 XIV furlongs 66 gallons 66 GEORGE ARTHUR GRAMMAR HARVARD COLLEGE hogsheads 66 hundred weight JANUARY 25 law of Massachusetts letter when placed Long Measure marked ft NEWMAN AND SAXTON Nine 66 pennyweight PHRASES AS FREQUENTLY pints pound quart repeat their values Rix dollar ROMAN NUMERALS S. R. Hall SCHOLAR'S REFERENCE BOOK Scripture Seven 66 VII Seventeen 66 XVII Seventy 66 LXX Shekel shilling Sigilli Sixty 66 LX smaller letter square rod Theol Three 66 Troy Weight written XVIII yard YOUNG SCHOLAR'S REFERENCE
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Page 7 - 1 Yard, yd. 5£ Yards or 16 £ Feet " 1 Rod, rd. 40 Rods " « 1 Furlong, fur. 8 Furlongs " 1 Mile, m. 3 Miles
Page 6 - Weight is used by apothecaries and physicians in compounding dry medicines. TABLE. 20 Grains (gr.} = 1 Scruple, . . sc., or 3. 3 Scruples = 1 Dram, . . dr., or 3 . 8 Drams = 1 Ounce, . . oz., or § . 12 Ounces = 1 Pound, . . Ib., or ft,.
Page 44 - The only point where human bliss stands still, And tastes the good without the fall to ill ; Where only merit...
Page 9 - The denominations are hogsheads, barrels, gallons, quarts, and pints. TABLE. 2 pints (pts.) - make - 1 quart, - marked qt. 4 quarts ----- 1 gallon, ----- gal. 36 gallons - - - - 1 barrel, ----- bar. 54 gallons ----- 1 hogshead, - •• - - hhd . Note.
Page 6 - Drams .... 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,
Page 7 - Measure. 3 barley corns (bc) make 1 inch, marked in. 12 inches, 1 foot, ft. . 3 feet, 1 yard, yd.
Page 5 - The original of all weights, used in England, was a grain or corn of wheat, gathered out of the middle of the ear ; and being well dried, 32 of them were to make one pennyweight, 20 pennyweights one ounce, and 12 ounces• one pound. But, in later times, it was thought sufficient to divide the same pennyweight into 24 equal parts, still called grains, being the least weight now in common use ; and from hence the rest are computed.
Page 10 - M. 60 minutes, 1 hour, h. 24 hours, 1 day, d. 7 days, . 1 week, w. 4 weeks, 1 month, mo. 13 months, 1 day and 6 hours, 1 Julian year, yr. Thirty days hath September, April, June and November ; February twenty-eight alone, all the rest have thirtyone.
Page 9 - R. 31J Gallons 1 Barrel, Bar. 42 Gallons 1 Tierce, Tier. 63 Gallons 1 Hogshead, hhd. 84 Gallons 1 Puncheon, Pu.
Page 5 - ... dime, and half-dime ; and two of copper, the cent and half-cent. Of the small foreign coins current in the United States, the most common are the...