Intuitive Calculations: The Most Concise Methods Ever Published, Designed for the Use of All Classes; to which is Added an Appendix on Decimal Computation, Coins, and Currency, with New Decimal Tables, Showing the Value of the Integral Quantity in Money, Weights, and Measuresauthor, 1856 - 180 páginas |
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1.-Multiply 10ths Altitude 32-inch Bung acres aliquot Altitude Inch amount annum arithmetic avoirdupois AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT borrow breadth bushels cantaro carry contained cost cubic feet decimal denomination ditto divided divisor drachms DRY MEASURE dwts eleven-twelfth 12 ells English English miles equal EXAMPLES farthings feet 6 inches feet long figures find the price five-twelfth 12 florins fractions furlongs gallons gals given number grains greater hhds hogshead hundred inches broad integer interest Intuitive Calculations length Manchester maravedis merchant method mils months multiplicand multiply O'Gorman odd number ounce pence pennyweights perch piece pints pound sterling present currency PROBLEM quantity quarters quarts Quot quotient rate per cent remainder Repeat the rule RULE.-Multiply selling seven-twelfth shillings silver sliding rule solid feet square root sterling stone TABLE three-fourth 12 tonnage tons TROY WEIGHT units whole numbers worth yards 2 feet وو
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Página 41 - Troy Weight 24 grains = 1 pennyweight. 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce. 12 ounces = 1 pound.
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