 | Edward Brooks - 1889 - 482 σελίδες
...dry medicines. Medicines are bought and sold by Avoirdupois Weight. TABLE. 20 grains (gr.) . . . = 1 scruple 3. 3 scruples . . . . = 1 dram, . . .3. 8 drams . . . . = 1 ounce, .... 3. 12 ounces ....*•! pound, .... Ib. I. NAME. — The name arises from the weight being used... | |
 | Edwin Pliny Seaver, George Augustus Walton - 1878 - 154 σελίδες
...pennyweight. 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce. 12 ounces = 1 pound. As used in mixing medicine. 20 grains = 1 scruple ( 3 ). 3 scruples = 1 dram ( 3 ). 8 drams — 1 ounce { 3 ). 12 ounces = 1 pound. Long Measure. 12 inches = 1 foot. 8 feet = 1 yard. 5J yards or 16J feet... | |
 | George E. Seymour - 1880 - 332 σελίδες
...these weights consists of 5760 grains. TABLE FOK APOTHECARIES AVEIGHT. 20 Grains make 1 Scruple. gr. 9. 3 Scruples 1 Dram. 3. 8 Drams 1 Ounce. 5. 12 Ounces 1 Pound. Ib. 222. To reduce any number of units of one denomination to an equivalent value expressed in terms... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - 1886 - 392 σελίδες
...174. In preparing medicines, apothecaries use the following : Apothecaries' Weight. 20 grains (grs.) = 1 scruple (3). 3 scruples = 1 dram ( 3 )• 8 drams = 1 ounce (oz). 12 ounces = 1 Ib. Apothecaries' Measure. 60 minims (R\.) = 1 dram (ML lx.). 8 drams = 1 ounce... | |
 | Andrew Jackson Rickoff - 1888 - 464 σελίδες
...in compounding medicines. When sold by weight, avoirdupois weight is used. Table. 20 Grains (gr.) - 1 Scruple 3. 3 Scruples = 1 Dram 3 • 8 Drams = 1 Ounce 3. 12 Ounces =1 Pound n,. Equivalent9, jb 1 = 5 12 = 5 9« = 3 288 = gr. 5760. Note.—1. It should... | |
 | Charles Austin Hobbs - 1889 - 366 σελίδες
...rest is alloy. 58. Apothecaries' Weight is used in compounding medicines. TABLE. 20 grains (gr.) = 1 scruple (3). 3 scruples =1 dram (3). 8 drams = 1 ounce ( 5 ). 12 ounces = 1 pound (ft.). NOTE. The pound, ounce, and grain hare the same weight as those of Troy Weight. 59. Avoirdupois Weight... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - 1889 - 434 σελίδες
...174. In preparing medicines, apothecaries use the following : Apothecaries' Weight. 20 grains (grs.) = 1 scruple (3). 3 scruples = 1 dram (3). 8 drams = 1 ounce (5 )• 12 ounces = 1 Ib. Apothecaries' Measure. 60 minims ("I,) = 1 dram (tt\, lx.). 8 drams = 1 ounce (fl. drm. viij.).... | |
 | Caton's national business college, Buffalo, N.Y. - 1889 - 330 σελίδες
...physicians and apothecaries in compounding medicines which are not liquid. Scale : 20 grains (gr.) = 1 scruple (3) ; 3 scruples = 1 dram ( 3 ) ; 8 drams = 1 ounce ( § ) ; 12 ounces = 1 pound (ft). 159. Avoirdupois "Weight is the customary weight of commerce. Scale:... | |
 | Charles Austin Hobbs - 1889 - 370 σελίδες
...rest is alloy. 58. Apothecaries' Weight is used in compounding medicines. TABLE. 20 grains (gr.) = 1 scruple (3). 3 scruples = 1 dram (3). 8 drams = 1 ounce ( § ) . 12 ounces = 1 pound (ft.). NOTE. The pound, ounce, and grain have the same weight as those... | |
 | Edward Sylvester Ellis - 1889 - 196 σελίδες
...APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT. ART. 153. — Apothecaries' Weight is used in compounding medicines. 20 grains (gr. ) = 1 scruple, 3 . 3 scruples = 1 dram, 3 . 8 drams = 1 ounce, 3 . 12 ounces — 1 pound, Ib. XOTE. — Since Troy Weight aud Apothecaries' Weight are used only in... | |
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APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT. 20 grains (gr) . 1 scruple (3) 3 scruples 1 dram (3) 8 drams 1 ounce ( 5 ) 12 ounces .... 1 pound (fit)) Apothecaries' weight is used in prescriptions. Drugs are bought and sold by avoirdupois weight. The grain, the ounce, and the... 
