A cubic foot of limestone requires for burning, one and five-twelfths of a cubic foot of wood, and one and a half of turf.
Its thickness should be from two to three twelfths of an inch; for if it were thicker it would be too liable to break; and if more obtuse, the scintillations would be less vivid.
But as human beings have only eight fingers and two thumbs it is by no means clear how the word came to be used fortwelfths of the disc of the Sun or Moon instead of tenths.
It has three struts, each nine holes in length, half a hole in breadth, and five twelfths in thickness.
The windlass cup is two and seven twelfths holes long, two thirds of a hole thick, and three quarters broad.
The latch is seven twelfths of a hole in length and one quarter in thickness.
The sideposts on the right and left should be four holes high, excluding the tenons, and five twelfths of a hole thick; the tenons, half a hole.
It should be given the thickness of seven twelfths of a hole.
Eleven-twelfths of you are well-intentioned, the others, and above all M.
I bear the eleven-twelfths of you in my heart--I shall nominate the Deputies to the two series which are vacant, and I shall reduce the Legislative Body to the discharge of its proper duties.
They are filled within two-twelfths of their end, and primed with the paste without the match.
Composition for a sun with variations, the cases of which are eight-twelfths of an inch in caliber.
Charcoal, 3 -- Common Fire for calibers of five-twelfths to half an inch.
Composition of Chinese Fire for calibers under ten-twelfths of an inch.
Since 1792, musket-balls are seven-twelfths of an inch in diameter, and twenty go to the pound instead of eighteen.
The length of the case is fifteen inches, and seven-twelfths of an inch in diameter.
Roman candles are formed on a roller seven-twelfths of an inch in diameter, and are generally fifteen inches in length.
Morel has adopted the following composition for a sun of six cases, the cases being eight-twelfths of an inch in diameter.
Cases are prepared of seven-twelfths of an inch in diameter, and ten inches long, which are choaked in such a manner, as that the hole of communication should be one-third of the diameter of the interior case.
The inch marks may represent inches or feet, and the twelfth marks may represent twelfthsof an inch or twelfths of a foot (that is, inches) as a scale.
When the run is in inches, then in the rafter table read inches and twelfths instead of feet and inches.
Suppose that, in the constitution, instead of the expression three-fourths, it had been said that nine-twelfths were necessary.
The above product forms a dividend to labor of sixty-one cents eight mills per day of ten hours, and to the capital stock four and eleven-twelfths per cent.
The figure V will be seen at the fifth pound, the half pounds are marked by three dots, and the twelfths correspond to the unciae.
Indeed, eleventwelfths of the members were either dependents of the court, or zealous Cavaliers from the country.
Asked how much ten-twelfths of a year was, he said: "Three months, three and two days.
There is this difference, that the owners do not provide bread or coals, and the men get seven-twelfths of the earnings.
The arrangement as to the division is different in these vessels The crew get seven-twelfths of the earnings, and we don't find bread or coals.
I bear the eleven- twelfths of you in my heart--I shall nominate the Deputies to the two series which are vacant, and I shall reduce the Legislative Body to the discharge of its proper duties.
Eleven-twelfths of you are well- intentioned, the others, and above all M.
Costing eleven twelfths as much as before, the article must sell eight sevenths as freely--which is possible only when it thrusts itself extensively into the place of other consumers' goods.
When twelfths are taught, show the relations between twelfths and sixths, fourths, thirds, and halves.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "twelfths" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
