| William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1837 - 222 pages
...10 150 — 7 10 (0 — 4 0 160 — 8 0 Ml _ 4 10 170 — 8 10 Practice Table. Apothecaries Weight. 20 grains 1 scruple 3 scruples 1 dram 8 drams 1 ounce 12 ounces 1 pound Of a Pound. !. d. 10 0 are half 6 8 — third Wool Weight. 7 pounds 1 clove 2 cloves... | |
| Book - 1843 - 154 pages
...of pounds beside those of sixteen ounces. Here is one of them. APOTHECARIES WEIGHT. TABLE. REGULAR. 20 grains 1 scruple, 3 scruples 1 dram, 8 drams 1 ounce, 12 ounces 1 pound. IRREGULAR. 20 scruples to a doctor 24 wry faces to a draught 12 gulpings to a pill... | |
| J. M. Scribner - 1849 - 286 pages
...x -823 = avoir. Ibs. " ounces x 1-1 = " ounces. " grains x -03657 = " drams. APOTHECARIES- WEIGHT. 20 grains = 1 scruple. 3 scruples = 1 dram. 8 drams = 1 ounce. 12 ounces = 1 pound. NOTE. The apothecaries- pound and ounce, and pound and ounce troy, are the Game,... | |
| Dana Pond Colburn - 1851 - 116 pages
...WEIGHT. 24 grains = 1 pennyweight. 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce. 12 ounces = 1 pound. APOTHECARIES' WEISHT. 20 grains = 1 scruple. 3 scruples = 1 dram. 8 drams = 1 ounce. 12 ounces = 1 pound. AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. 16 drams = 1 ounce. 1 6 ounces = 1 pound. 28 pounds = 1 quarter.... | |
| Dana Pond Colburn - 1852 - 228 pages
...this weight ; but medicines are bought and sold by Avoirdupois Weight. TABLE OF 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.... | |
| Samuel Wilderspin - 1852 - 382 pages
...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... | |
| Royal Military Academy, Woolwich - 1853 - 474 pages
...(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.... | |
| Dana Pond Colburn - 1855 - 396 pages
...this weight, but medicines are bought and sold by Avoirdupois Weight. TABLE OF APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT. 20 grains = 1 scruple. 3 scruples = 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,... | |
| Robert Rawson - 1855 - 208 pages
...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.... | |
| Dana Pond Colburn - 1856 - 392 pages
...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.... | |
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