 | Dana Pond Colburn - 1852 - 228 σελίδες
...Physicians write their prescriptions in this weight ; but medicines are bought and sold by Avoirdupois Weight. TABLE OF APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT. 20 grains =...= 1 dram. 8 drams = 1 ounce. 12 ounces = 1 pound. To mark the denominations of this weight, we use the following characters, viz. : — ft, for pound,... | |
 | Samuel Wilderspin - 1852 - 382 σελίδες
...hund. wt. 1 ton Of a Pound. sd 10 0 are half 6 8 — third ft 0 — fourth 4 0 — fifth 3 4 _ sixth Apothecaries Weight. 20 grains 1 scruple 3 scruples 1 dram 8 drams 1 ounce 12 ounces 1 pound Solid or Cubic Measure. 1728 inches 1 foot 27 feet 1 yard or load 1 s __ twelfth 1 0 — twentieth... | |
 | Royal Military Academy, Woolwich - 1853 - 476 σελίδες
...(cwt). 112 pounds = 1 ditto. 20 cwt. = 1 ton. Special Measure of Weight for Medical Prescription*. 20 grains = 1 scruple. 3 scruples = 1 dram. 8 drams = 1 ounce. 12 ounces = 1 pound. 7. Measure of Time. 60 seconds = 1 minute. 60 minutes = 1 hour. 24 hours = 1 day. 7 days = 1 week.... | |
 | John Ramsay McCulloch - 1854 - 846 σελίδες
...same all over the globe, — 1 oz. troy is equal to 150 diamond carats. Apothecaries' Weight. 20 troy grains •• 1 scruple 3 scruples = 1 dram. 8 drams = 1 ounce. 12 ounces — . 1 pound, 5,760 troy grains. The apothecaries' pound and ounce are the same as the troy pound and ounce, but... | |
 | Dana Pond Colburn - 1855 - 396 σελίδες
...Physicians write their prescriptions in this weight, but medicines are bought and sold by Avoirdupois Weight. TABLE OF APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT. 20 grains =...1 dram. 8 drams — 1 ounce. 12 ounces = 1 pound. For example: 5 ft 6 S 43 29 17grs., would be read as 5 pounds, 6 ounces, 4 drains, 2 scruples, and... | |
 | Dana Pond Colburn - 1855 - 116 σελίδες
...= 1 crown. TROT WHISHT. 24 grains = 1 pennyweight. 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce. 12 ounces = 1 pound. APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT. 20 grains = 1 scruple. 3 scruples...— 1 dram. 8 drams = 1 ounce. 12 ounces = 1 pound. AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. 16 drams = 1 ounce. ]6 ounces = 1 pound. 28 pounds = 1 quarter. 4 quarters = 1... | |
 | Robert Rawson - 1855 - 198 σελίδες
...pounds =1 firkin of butter. 24 ounces =1 great pound of silk. 240 pounds . . . . = 1 pack of wool. APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT. 20 grains =1 scruple. 3 scruples =1 dram. 8 drams =1 ounce. 12 ounces =1 pound. Medical prescriptions are prepared by this weight. LONG MEASURE. 4 inches =1 hand. 12 inches =1 foot.... | |
 | Dana Pond Colburn - 1856 - 392 σελίδες
...prescriptions in this weight, but medicines are bought and sold by Avoirdupois Weight. . . TABLE or APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT. 20 grains = 1 scruple. 3 scruples...= 1 dram. 8 drams = 1 ounce. 12 ounces = 1 pound. To mark the denominations of this weight, we use the following characters, viz. : lb for pound, | for... | |
 | Dana Pond Colburn - 1857 - 188 σελίδες
...compounding or mixing medicines, but they are sold by Avoirdupois weight. FULL TABLE. ABBREVIATED TABLE. 20 grains = 1 scruple. 3 scruples = 1 dram. 8 drams = 1 ounce. 12 ounces = 1 pound. 20 gr. =19. 89 = 15. 8 $5 = 1 g. 12 g = 1 R>. COMPARISON OF AVOIRDUPOIS, TROY, AND APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT.... | |
 | John Greig - 1858 - 116 σελίδες
...lb. is one hundred weight, and 20 cwt. is a ton. APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT. Mark. 9 20 grains (gr.) ... 1 scruple 3 scruples .... 1 dram 8 drams 1 ounce 12 ounces .... 1 pound 3 Apothecaries mix their medicines by this weight, but buy and sell by avoirdupoise. The pound and... | |
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APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT 20 grains = 1 scruple. 3 scruples = 1 dram. 8 drams = 1 ounce. 12 ounces = 1 pound. 
