Evolution: or The power, and operation of numbers, in the statement, the calculation, the distribution, and the arrangement of quantities

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Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and Longman, 1835 - 160 pàgines
 

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Pàgina 156 - Square Measure 144 square inches = 1 square, foot 9 square feet = 1...
Pàgina 157 - ... of its depth. The outside diameter of Measures used for heaped goods are to be at least double the depth, consequently not less than the following dimensions : — Bushel, 19± inches I Peck, 12± inches Half-bush.
Pàgina 14 - ... the same proportion to the third as the second does to the first. The thing we have first to do is, to discover the ratio between the first and second terms, in order to...
Pàgina 15 - Then multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first term: the quotient will be the fourth term, or answer.
Pàgina 157 - Measures, described in the second and third Divisions, were established by Act 5 Geo. IV. c. 74. Before that time there were four different measures of capacity used in England. — 1. For wine, spirits, cider, oils, milk, &c. ; this was one-sixth less than the Imperial Measure. 2. For malt liquor, thi»was J, i*art greater than the Imperial Measure. 3. For corn, and all other dry goods not heaped» this was _i_ part less than the Imperial Measure.
Pàgina 156 - WEIGHT.— 16 drams == 1 ounce, 16 ounces = 1 pound, 14 pounds = 1 stone, 28 pounds = 1 quarter, 4 quarters or 8 stones = 1 hundredweight (cwt.), 20 hundredweight = 1 ton; and 1 dram = 27 • 34375 grains Troy ; 1 ounce = 43 7 • 5 grains Troy. APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT.— 20 grains = 1 scruple, 3 scruples = 1 dram, 8 drams = 1 ounce, 12 ounces = 1 pound.
Pàgina 15 - N the principle now explained, we can, in any affairs of business, ascertain the amount of an unknown quantity, by knowing the amount of other three quantities, which, with the unknown quantity, bear a proportional relation. The word quantity is here used, but any sum of money is also meant.
Pàgina 157 - ... capacity used in England : — 1. For wine, spirits, cider, oils, milk, &c. ; this was one-sixth less than the Imperial Measure. 2. For malt liquor; this was -fa part greater than the Imperial Measure. 3. For corn, and all other dry goods not heaped ; this was -fa part less than the Imperial Measure.

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