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Tables of Weights and Measures.
Shilling Tables
s. l. s. 20 are 1 0 30 —— 1 10 40 —— 2 0 50 —— 2 10 60 —— 3 0 70 —— 3 10 80 —— 4 0 90 —— 4 10 100 are 5 0 110 —– 5 10 120 —– 6 0 130 —– 6 10 140 —– 7 0 150 —– 7 10 160 —– 8 0 170 —– 8 10
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Practice Tables.
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Of a Pound.
s. d.
10 0 are half
6 8 —– third
5 0 —– fourth
4 0 —– fifth
3 4 —– sixth
2 6 —– eighth
1 8 —– twelfth
1 0 —– twentieth
Of a shilling.
6_d_. are half 4 —– third 3 —– fourth 2 —– sixth 1 —– twelfth
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Time.
60 seconds 1 minute 60 minutes 1 hour 24 hours 1 day 7 days 1 week 4 weeks 1 lunar month 12 cal. mon. 1 year 13 lunar months, 1 day, 6 hours, or 365 days, 6 hours, 1 year.
Thirty days hath September,
April, June, and November;
All the rest have thirty-one,
Save February, which alone
Hath twenty-eigth, except Leap year,
And twenty-nine is then its share.
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Troy Weight.
24 grains 1 pennywt. 20 pennywhts. 1 ounce 12 ounces 1 pound
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Avoirdupoise Weight.
16 drams 1 ounce 16 ounces 1 pound 28 pounds 1 quarter 4 quarters 1 hund. wt. 20 hund. wt. 1 ton
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_ Apothecaries Weight._
20 grains 1 scruple 3 scruples 1 dram 8 drams 1 ounce 12 ounces 1 pound
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