Robinson's Progressive Table BookIvison, Phinney, Blakeman & Company, 1869 |
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12 leaves 12 shillings 24 cents 31 days 50 cents 9 and 9 9 dollars 9 from 9 9 leaves 9 times TABLE acres 66 AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT balls barrel of flour birds bought for 36 bunches of grapes bushels cents apiece chair cherries count coupling figures cubic feet 66 divided doll dollars apiece Dram DRY MEASURE Expressing numbers figure 1 stand FISH Five flowers Four fourth gallons gave 10 cents gross HALF DIME halves HARVARD COLLEGE hogshead hundred leaves 66 leaves 8 TABLE less nine miles an hour mk'd multiplied Name NOTE.-The number called Ounce paid pairs pennyweight pine-apple pinks Pint pound 66 pupil quart result or answer rods roses saddle cost sheet folded single things sisters slate the following sold SQUARE MEASURE Square Mile SUBTRACTION teach surveyors teaches the process thing or number thirds Three TROY WEIGHT tulips upper wire wheelbarrows whole melon whole orange
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Page 69 - TABLE. 4 gills (gi.) - make - - 1 pint, marked pt. 2 pints ------- 1 quart, - - - qt. 4 quarts ------ 1 gallon, - - - gal. 31£ gallons ------ 1 barrel, - - - bar.
Page 11 - ... fifteen (15) sixteen (16) seventeen (17) eighteen (18) nineteen (19) twenty (20...
Page 68 - Weight is used in weighing groceries ana all coarse articles ; as, sugar, tea, coffee, butter, cheese, flour, hay; &c., and all metals except gold and silver. 16 drams (dr.) make 1 ounce, marked oz. 16 ounces " 1 pound, " Ib. 25 pounds " 1 quarter, " qr. 4 quarters, or 100 Ibs. " 1 hundred weight, " cwt. 20 hundred weight " 1 ton,
Page 67 - Britain. 4 farthings (qr. or far.") make 1 penny, marked d. 12 pence " 1 shilling, " s. 20 shillings " 1 pound, or sovereign, £. 21 shillings
Page 71 - OF TIME. 60 Seconds = 1 Minute. 60 Minutes = 1 Hour. 24 Hours = 1 Day. 7 Days = 1 Week. 28 Days = 1 Lunar Month.
Page 72 - make 1 minute, marked '. 60 minutes 1 degree, - - °. 30 degrees - - 1 sign, - - s. 12 signs or 360° 1 circle, - - c. cs o 1 = 12 = 360 = 21600 = 1296000 1= 30= 1800= 108000 1= 60= 3600 1= 60 EXAMPLES. 1. Reduce 5s. 29° 25
Page 67 - Weight is used in weighing gold, silver, jewels, liquors, &c., and is generally adopted in philosophical experiments. 24 grains (gr.) make 1 pennyweight, marked pwt. 20 pennyweights " 1 ounce " oz. 12 ounces " 1 pound,
Page 50 - ... times 1 in 5, 5 times 1 in 6, 6 times 1 in 7, 7 times 1 in 8, 8 times 1 in 9, 9 times...
Page 21 - How many How many How many How many How many How many...
Page 72 - Circular Measure is applied to the measurement of circles and angles, and is used in reckoning latitude and longitude, and the revolutions of the planets round the sun.