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16 ounces,

28 pounds, 1 quarter of a hundred weight,

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oz.

lb.

1 ounce,

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1 pound,

lb.

qr.

1 hundred weight,

cwt.

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By this weight are weighed all coarse and drossy goods, grocery wares, and all metals except gold and silver.

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4 pecks,

1 bushel,

qi.
pk.

bu.

This measure is applied to grain, beans, flax-seed, sak

gats, oysters, coal, &c.

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All brandies, spirits, mead, vinegar, oil, &c. are meas

ured by wine measure.

Note.-231 solid inches, make a

gallon.

8. Long Measure.

3 barley corns (b. c.) make 1 inch, marked

12 inches,

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69 statute miles,

1 foot,

1 yard,

in.

ft.

yd.

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1 league,

fur.

m.

lea.

1 degree, on the earth.

360 degrees, the circumference of the earth.

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The use of long measure is to measure the distance of places, or any other thing, where length is considered, without regard to breadth,

N. B. In measuring the height of horses, 4 inches make 1 hand. In measuring depths, six feet make 1 fathom or French toise. Distances are measured by a chain, four rods long, containing one hundred links.

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1728 solid inches make

40 feet of round timber, or 50 feet of hewn timber, 128 solid feet or 8 feet long, 4 wide, and 4 high,

1 square foot.
1 square yard.
1 square rod.

1 square rood.
1 square acre.
1 square mile

1 solid foot.

1 tun or load.

1 cord of wood.

All solids, or things that have length, breadth and depth. are measured by this measure. N. B. The wine gallon contains 231 solid or cubic inches, and the beer gallon, 282. A bushel contains 2150,42 solid inches.

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13 months, 1 day and 6 hours, 1 Julian year,

w.

mo.

yr.

Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November,
February twenty-eight alone, all the rest have thirty-one.
N. B. In bissextile, or leap year, February hath 29 days.

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Explanation of Characters used in this Book.

Equal to, as 12d. 18. signifies that 12 pence are equal to 1 shilling.

+ More, the sign of Addition, as 5+7=12, signifies that 5 and 7 added together, are equal to 12.

Minus, or less, the sign of Subtraction, as 6-24, signifies that 2 subtracted from 6, leaves 4.

× Multiply, or with, the sign of Multiplication; as 4x3 12, significs that 4 multiplied by 3, is equal to

12.

The sign of Division; as 8-24, signifies that 8 divided by 2, is equal to 4 ; or thus, 4, each of which signify the same thing.

: Four points set in the middle of four numbers, denote them to be proportional to one another, by the rule of three; as 2 : 4 ::8:16; that is, as 2 to 4, so is 8 to 16.

✔Prefixed to any number, supposes that the

3

of that number is required.

square root

✔Prefixed to any number, supposes the cube root of that number is required.

✔Denotes the biquadrate root, or fourth

power, &c.

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ARITHMETIC is the art of computing by numbers, and has five principal rules for its operation, viz, Numeration, Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, and Divi

sion.

NUMERATION.

Numeration is the art of numbering. It teaches to express the value of any proposed number by the following characters, or figures:

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0-or cipher.

Besides the simple value of figures, each has a local value, which depends upon the place it stands in, viz. any figure in the place of units, represents only its simple value, or so many ones, but in the second place, or

NOTE. Although a cipher standing alone signifies nothing; yet when it is placed on the right hand of figures, it increases their value in a tenfold proportion, by throwing them into higher places. Thus 2 with a cipher annexed to it, becomes 20, twenty, and with two ciphers, thus, 200, two hundred.

2. When numbers consisting of many figures, are given to be read, it will be found convenient to divide them into as many periods as we can, of six figures each, reckoning from the right hand towards the left, calling the first the period of units, the second that of millions, the third billions, the fourth trillions, &c. as in the following number:

8 0 7 3 6 2 5 4 6 2 7 8 9 0 1 2 5 0 6 7 9 2 2. Period of 1. Period of Millions.

4. Period of 3. Period of

Trillions.

8073

Billions

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Units.

506792

The foregoing number is read thus-Eight thousand and seventy-three trillions; six hundred and twenty-five thousand, four hundred and sixty. two billions; seven hundred and eighty-mine thousand and twelve milLions; five hundred and six thousand seven hundred and ninety-two. N. B. Billions is substituted for millions of millions.

Tritions for millions of millions of millions.

trillions for millions of millions of millions of millions, &c,

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