The centner of rice contains one hundred and twelve pounds. From Wordnik.com. [Christoph von Graffenried's Account of the Founding of New Bern. Edited with an Historical Introduction and an English Translation by Vincent H. Todd, Ph.D. University of Illinois in Cooperation with Julius Goebel, Ph.D., Professor of Germanic Languages University of Illinois] Reference
Flour is sold in Carolina for from twelve to sixteen shillings a centner. From Wordnik.com. [Christoph von Graffenried's Account of the Founding of New Bern. Edited with an Historical Introduction and an English Translation by Vincent H. Todd, Ph.D. University of Illinois in Cooperation with Julius Goebel, Ph.D., Professor of Germanic Languages University of Illinois] Reference
The structures are part of an interpretive centner on the Pigeon Creek Greenway Passage. From Wordnik.com. [courierpress.com Stories] Reference
The Tajik Interior Ministry said yesterday its sources had reported over a centner (50 kilograms) of heroin stored in the household. From Wordnik.com. [Ferghana.Ru news agency] Reference
Waltershausen estimates the annual consumption of that mineral for this single purpose at 850,000 centner, or more than forty thousand tons. From Wordnik.com. [The Earth as Modified by Human Action] Reference
The German loths per centner (1/2 oz. (avoirdupois) to 100 lbs.) equal parts per 3200; they are converted into parts per cent. by dividing by. From Wordnik.com. [A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.] Reference
Eight to ten shillings per centner has been paid. From Wordnik.com. [Christoph von Graffenried's Account of the Founding of New Bern. Edited with an Historical Introduction and an English Translation by Vincent H. Todd, Ph.D. University of Illinois in Cooperation with Julius Goebel, Ph.D., Professor of Germanic Languages University of Illinois] Reference
(a) 7 loths per centner. From Wordnik.com. [A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.] Reference
European statistics present comparatively few facts on this subject, of special interest to American readers, but it is worth noting that France employs 1,500,000 cubic feet of oak per year for brandy and wine casks, which is about half her annual consumption of that material; and it is not a wholly insignificant fact that, according to Rentzach, the quantity of wood used in parts of Germany for small carvings and for children's toys is so largs, that the export of such objects from the town of Sonneberg alone, amounted, in 1853, to 60,000 centner, or three thousand tons 'weight. From Wordnik.com. [The Earth as Modified by Human Action] Reference
The price of pork and beef, meal, etc., is as follows: Beef salted down in casks, each holding two hundred and fifty-two pounds, which we call two and a quarter centners, the centner being a hundred and twelve pounds, is sold in Carolina for from thirty to thirty five shillings a cask, in the Barbados or Jamaica and other English islands, according as it is on the market in less or greater quantity, for from forty to forty-five shillings a cask; pork salted down in casks holding two and quarter centners is worth in Carolina from forty to forty-five shillings, and is sold in the islands mentioned for from fifty to seventy shillings, according to how the market is supplied with it. From Wordnik.com. [Christoph von Graffenried's Account of the Founding of New Bern. Edited with an Historical Introduction and an English Translation by Vincent H. Todd, Ph.D. University of Illinois in Cooperation with Julius Goebel, Ph.D., Professor of Germanic Languages University of Illinois] Reference
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