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  1.  Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884 / Various
    small compact parcels some 18 in. to 2 ft. long, and 8 in. to 12 in. thick, each containing about 1 cwt ... , each head weighing about 500 lb., with five heads in each battery, and crushing about 50 cwt. per head  details...
  2.  c. / Simmonds, P. L.
    . The province of Barcelona, adjoining Caracas exports annually from 200,000 to 300,000 cwt. The very large ... twelve hundred and fifty pounds, which, at the ordinary price of 31s. 6d. per cwt., would produce about L  details...
  3.  The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 53, March, 1862 / Various
    , was only 12 cwt. between 1826 and 1830; from 1830 to 1850, 14 cwt.; and now it is from 15 to 17 cwt ... largely. The export of sugar has declined as follows:--Under slavery, (1831-34,) it was 204,095 cwt  details...
  4.  Scientific American Supplement, No. 388, June 9, 1883 / Various
    of blast scarcely exceeding 800 deg. Fahr. The consumption of coke per ton of iron varied from 25 to 30 cwt ... more than four-ton charges, ordinarily worked off twice in twenty-four hours. The ingots weighed about 6 cwt  details...
  5.  Scientific American Supplement, No. 611, September 17, 1887 / Various
    to be 6 cwt. per ton of sodium carbonate. We reproduce these figures with all reserve ... -clay breakers, each weighing 11/4 cwt. The weight of salt cake per charge, i.e., contained in each charge  details...
  6.  Journal of a Voyage from Okkak, on the Coast of Labrador, to Ungava Bay, Westward of Cape Chudleigh Undertaken to Explore the Coast, and Visit the Esquimaux in That Unknown Region /
    . six cwt. of ship's biscuit, sixteen bushels of pease, one cwt. of salt pork and best beef, (of ... by shooting), a firkin of butter, half cwt. of captain's biscuit, one cwt. of flour, two small barrels  details...
  7.  Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 / Various
    a gradually increasing force up to 7 tons 91/2 cwt., at which it showed no signs of distress. On removing ... . In the following table are the results of the crushing experiments: 3/16 ball at 2 tons 13 cwt. did not break  details...
  8.  Scientific American Supplement, No. 620, November 19,1887 / Various
    through 18 tons of salt cake per day and consume 13 cwt. of coal per ton of cake decomposed. With regard ... -clay blocks or breakers, weighing each 11/4 cwt. The bricks weigh per 1,000 about four tons. The weight  details...
  9.  A History and Guide Arranged Alphabetically /
    the hours and quarters on a set of musical bells, the largest of which weighs about 5cwt.--_Snow Hill Arcade ... . Martin's, in 1786, the total weight being 7 tons, 6 cwt. 2 lbs. The peal of ten bells in St. Philip  details...
  10.  Scientific American Supplement, No. 492, June 6, 1885 / Various
    , so that operations may be carried on continuously. The weight of charge proposed is 15 cwt., which should under ordinary conditions give 12 cwt. of ingots. Taking the time of a single converting operation at half ...  details...

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