eighteenths

"There aren't two eighteenths of October in one year."

A Sheaf of Corn Mary E. Mann

The faces of the volutes must recede from the edge of the abacus inwards by one and a half eighteenths of that same amount.

The Ten Books on Architecture Vitruvius Pollio

Add these together, and we find that the wine was seven-eighteenths of total fluid, and therefore the water eleven-eighteenths.

Amusements in Mathematics Henry Ernest Dudeney 1893

About one-eighteenth of the members went with Deacon Johnson, and seventeen-eighteenths went with Rev. Marshall, for the church then numbered 2,795 members.

History of the First African Baptist Church, From its Organization, January 20th, 1788, to July 1st, 1888. Including the Centennial Celebration, Addresses, Sermons, Etc. Emanuel King 1888

"By experiment, I find that fifty bushels of the cake will weigh 1,800 pounds; and of this quantity I have discovered that ten-eighteenths is farina or flour -- equal to five barrels of flour.

Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests, Medical, Economical, and Agricultural. Being also a Medical Botany of the Confederate States; with Practical Information on the Useful Properties of the Trees, Plants, and Shrubs 1863