The commercial referee, and universal cambist1858 |
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12 oncie 12 zoll 30 days Accounts anker avoirdupois bajocchi barile Bills drawn Bills of Exchange bullion bushels candareens cantaro carats catties centesimi Centimes centner Cologne marc COMMERCIAL WEIGHTS cubit currency denari Ditto DRY MEASURE ducat dwts eimer Engl Escalin Exch feet florin Foreign Bills French fuder furl furlongs gall gold ducat grammes grani groschen Hamburg hectolitre Imperial Standard indorsed kilogramme kreutzer leispfund libbra LIQUID MEASURE lira lire Litre London LONG MEASURE loth maltar MEASURES OF LENGTH metals miles milreas MONEY TABLE mutchkin oncia ounce oxhoft palmi palmo Paris payable pecks pfenninge pfund piastres pints poles Post pound pound sterling quart quarters quentchen reas Rhein fuss rix dollar rottolo roubles rupee scheffel scudi shillings silver coin sold Spanish dollar square sterling stivers stubchen taels tari thaler Troy Weight unze unzen Usance viertel Weights and Measures wine gallons yards دو وو
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Page 30 - OF TIME. 60 Seconds = 1 Minute 60 Minutes «= 1 Hour 24 Hours => 1 Day 7 Days = 1 Week 28 Days =• 1 Lunar Month...
Page 101 - Bill of exchange (foreign) or letter of credit (including orders by telegraph or otherwise for the payment of money issued by express or other companies or any person or persons), drawn in but payable out of the United States, if drawn singly or otherwise than in a set of three or...
Page 22 - Measure 144 square inches = 1 square foot 9 square feet = 1 square yard 30J square yards = 1 square rod 160 square rods = 1 acre 640 acres = 1 square mile Cubic Measure 1728 cubic inches = 1 cubic foot 27 cubic feet = 1 cubic yard 128 cubic feet...
Page 31 - PARTICULARS. 12 things make 1 dozen. 12 dozen - - - - - 1 gross. 12 gross, or 144 dozen - 1 great gross ALSO, 20 things make 1 score.
Page 99 - At sixty days' sight, pay this first of exchange, second and third not paid, to the order of Messrs.
Page 6 - WALTON'S Complete Angler, or the Contemplative Man's Recreation, by Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton. With Memoirs and Notes by E. Jesse. Also an Account of Fishing Stations, Tackle, &c. , by HG Bohn.
Page 4 - The Rights of Heirship ; or, the Doctrine of Descents and Consanguinity as applied by the Laws of England to the succession of Real Property and Hereditaments ; including the Descent of Titular Honours and Coat Armour, &c.
Page 103 - EXCHANGE is the act of paying or receiving the money of one country for its equivalent in the money of another country, by means of Bills of Exchange.
Page 19 - APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT 20 grains = 1 scruple. 3 scruples = 1 dram. 8 drams = 1 ounce. 12 ounces = 1 pound.
Page 111 - When the coins circulating in a country are so worn as to have sunk considerably below their mint standard, or when paper money is depreciated from excess, or want of credit, the exchange is at real par only, when it is against such country to the extent to which its coins are worn, or its paper depreciated. The cost of conveying bullion from one country to another, forms the limit within which the rise and fall of the real exchange between them mus£ be confined.