The Business Man's Encyclopedia: A Hip-pocket Business Counsellor ...System Company, 1905 |
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Page 233
... grains , and one cubic foot weighs very nearly 1000 ounces . All coarse articles of merchandise , such as hay ... grains . 1 pound Avoirdupois equals 14 ounces 11 pwts . 16 grs . Troy , or 7000 grains . CIRCULAR MEASURE . Used in ...
... grains , and one cubic foot weighs very nearly 1000 ounces . All coarse articles of merchandise , such as hay ... grains . 1 pound Avoirdupois equals 14 ounces 11 pwts . 16 grs . Troy , or 7000 grains . CIRCULAR MEASURE . Used in ...
Page 235
... grain , coal , salt , fruit , etc. 2 pints make .. 4 quarts make . 2 gallons make . 4 pecks make . 36 bushels make .. .1 quart - 67.2 cubic inches . 1 gallon - 268.8 cubic inches . .1 peck - 537.6 cubic inches . 1 bushel - 2150.4 cubic ...
... grain , coal , salt , fruit , etc. 2 pints make .. 4 quarts make . 2 gallons make . 4 pecks make . 36 bushels make .. .1 quart - 67.2 cubic inches . 1 gallon - 268.8 cubic inches . .1 peck - 537.6 cubic inches . 1 bushel - 2150.4 cubic ...
Page 237
... grains make ... 3 scruples make . 8 drachms make . 12 ounces make . 1 ounce . .1 pound . ARCHITECTS ' OR BUILDERS ' MEASURE . This measure is used in measuring surface painting , plastering brick work , shingles and other roofing , etc ...
... grains make ... 3 scruples make . 8 drachms make . 12 ounces make . 1 ounce . .1 pound . ARCHITECTS ' OR BUILDERS ' MEASURE . This measure is used in measuring surface painting , plastering brick work , shingles and other roofing , etc ...
Page 273
... grains of standard gold ; that is , of a mixture consist- ing of nine parts of pure gold to one part of copper . The pure gold in the eagle weighs , therefore , 232 2-10 grains . These coins are legal tender in unlimited quan- tities ...
... grains of standard gold ; that is , of a mixture consist- ing of nine parts of pure gold to one part of copper . The pure gold in the eagle weighs , therefore , 232 2-10 grains . These coins are legal tender in unlimited quan- tities ...
Page 274
... grains , and consisting of a mixture of copper , tin , and zinc in the proportion of 95 parts of the former to 5 parts of the two latter materials . From 1873 to 1890 a three - cent coin of nickel and copper was also in circulation ...
... grains , and consisting of a mixture of copper , tin , and zinc in the proportion of 95 parts of the former to 5 parts of the two latter materials . From 1873 to 1890 a three - cent coin of nickel and copper was also in circulation ...
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12 per cent Actual citizens ad val advertising amount assets Avoirdupois begin with capital bond bushel buyer card Figure card system caret carton cent ad val cent divide cents equal Citizen or declared City Conn correspondence cubic feet cubic foot cubic inches days 30 days decimal point declared intent dividend dollar DRY MEASURE envelope filed folder gallons grace on sight grains indorsement inquiry Insert interest forfeited Iowa issued letters Line lumber equals mail order marked Mass MEASURE ments Metric System Minn mortgage multiply negotiable instruments ness number of days Ohio ounces paper payment Payt Places Having 5,000 point and add point two places pounds profits quotation record remove the decimal remove the point SIGNATURES success Tenn tion Troy Troy pound Troy weight United want card weight word
Popular passages
Page 242 - The first word of every sentence and the first word of every line of poetry should begin with a capital letter.
Page 263 - The rule for casting interest, when partial payments have been made, is to apply the payment, in the first place, to the discharge of the interest then due. If the payment exceeds the interest, the surplus goes toward discharging the principal, and the subsequent interest is to be computed on the balance of principal remaining due. If the payment be less than the interest, the surplus...
Page 263 - If the payment be less than the interest, the surplus of interest must not be taken to augment the principal; but interest continues on the former principal until the period when the payments, taken together, exceed the interest due, and then the surplus is to be applied towards discharging the principal; and interest is to be Computed on the balance, as aforesaid.
Page 276 - Greek, and deoi, centi, mili, from the Latin, are used in preference to our plain English, 10, 100, etc., it is best to employ capital letters for the multiples and small letters for the subdivisions, to avoid ambiguities in abbreviations: 1 dekametre or 10 metres = 1 Dm.; 1 decimetre or 1-10 of a metre = 1 dm.
Page 276 - That the tables in the schedule hereto annexed shall be recognized in the construction of contracts and in all legal proceedings as establishing in- terms of the weights and measures now in use in the United States: the equivalents of the weights and measures expressed therein in terms of the metric system...
Page 239 - The second-(central) section includes all the territory between the last named line and an irregular line from Bismarck, ND, to the mouth of the Rio Grande. The third (mountain) section includes all territory between the last-named line and nearly the western borders of Idaho, Utah, and Arizona.
Page 276 - METRE, unit of length, is nearly the ten-millionth part of a quadrant of a meridian, of the distance between Equator and Pole. The International Standard Metre is, practically, nothing else but a length defined by the distance between two lines on a platinum-fridium bar at CK> Centigrade, deposited at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures, Paris, France.
Page 270 - DISCOUNT. DISCOUNT is an allowance made for the payment of money before it is due. The present worth of a debt payable at some future time, without interest, is such a sum of money as will, if put at interest for the given time, amount to the debt.
Page 243 - II at the close, as mill, sell. All words of one syllable ending in I, with a double vowel before it, have only one I at the close, as mail, sail.
Page 243 - Words of one syllable ending in a consonant, with a single vowel before it, double that consonant in derivatives; as ship, shipping, etc.