 | George Bates Nichols Tower - Engineering - 1889 - 224 pages
...pennyweight (dwt.) 20 pennyweights 1 ounce (oz.) 480 grains. 12 ounces 1 pound (Ib.) = 5760 grains (gr.). APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT. 20 grains 1 scruple. 3 scruples...drams 1 ounce =.— 480 grains. 12 ounces ...1 pound 5760 grains. AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. 27.34375 grains 1 dram. 16 drams 1 ounce — "" 437 J« grains. 16... | |
 | Thomas J. Foster - Coal mines and mining - 1891 - 444 pages
...pound = 5,760 grains = 240 dwt. In Troy, Apothecaries, and Avoirdupois weights the grains are the same. APOTHECARIES WEIGHT. 20 grains = 1 scruple. 3 scruples...dram, = 60 grains. 8 drams = 1 ounce = 480 grains, = 24 scruples. 12 ounces = 1 pound = 5,760 grains, = 288 scruples, = 96 drams. AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT.... | |
 | John Cresson Trautwine - Civil engineering - 1891 - 1034 pages
...In troy, apothecaries' and avoirdupois, the grain is the name. Apothecaries' Weight. US and British. 20 grains 1 scruple. 3 scruples 1 dram = 60 grains. 8 drams 1 ounce = 24 scruples = 480 grains. 12 ounces 1 pound = 96 drams — 288 scruples =» 5760 grains. In troy... | |
 | John Cresson Trautwine - Civil engineering - 1893 - 1006 pages
...troy, apothecaries' and avoirdupois, the grain is the same. Apothecaries' Weight. US .in. I BrltMi. 20 grains 1 scruple. 3 scruples 1 dram = 60 grains. 8 drams - 1 ounce = 24 scruples = 48П grains. 12 ounces 1 pound = 9« drams = 288 scruples = S7TO grains. In troy and... | |
 | Washington Irving Lincoln Adams - Photography - 1893 - 114 pages
...AND MEASURES. APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT. SOLID MEASURE. 20 Grains = I Scruple = 20 Grains. 3 Scruples = I Dram = 60 Grains. 8 Drams = 1 Ounce = 480 Grains. 12 Ounces = 1 Pound = 5760 Grains. FLUID. 60 Minims = 1 Fluid Dram. 8 Drams = I Ounce. 20 Ounces = I Pint. 8 Pints = 1... | |
 | Alexander Black - Photography - 1894 - 286 pages
...suggested. APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT. (USBD IN FORMULAS.) SOLID MEASURE. 20 grains = 1 scruple = 20 grains. 3 scruples = 1 dram = 60 grains. 8 drams = 1 ounce = 480 grains. 12 ounces = 1 pound = 5760 grains. FLUID. 60 minims — 1 fluid dram. 8 drams = 1 ounce. 20 ounces = 1 pint. 8 pints =... | |
 | Thomas J. Foster - Coal mines and mining - 1905 - 698 pages
...grains = 240 pennyweights. In troy, apothecaries', and avoirdupois weights, the grains are the same. APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT. 20 grains = 1 scruple. 3 scruples = 1 dram = 60 grains. AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. 27.34375 grains = 1 dram. 16 drams = 1 ounce = 4371 grains. 16 ounces = 1 pound... | |
 | United States. Department of the Army - Pharmacy - 1953 - 308 pages
...grains; 9=sciuples; 3=drams; 5 = ounces. Table of the apothecaries' system of weight: 20 grains (gr ) = 1 scruple 3 scruples = 1 dram = 60 grains 8 drams...ounce = 480 grains 12 ounces =1 pound =5,760 grains. 1 2. Avoirdupois Weight Avoirdupois weight is used entirely for commercial transactions. The unit is... | |
 | Photography - 1892 - 576 pages
...2,560 = 640 ENGLISH WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT. 20 Grains = 1 Scruple = 20 Grains. 8 Scruples = 1 Dram = 60 Grains. 8 Drams = 1 Ounce = 480 Grains. 12 Ounces = 1 Pound = 5760 Grains. FLUID MEASURE. 60 Minims = 1 Fluid Dram. 8 Drams = 1 Fluid Ounce. 20 Ounces = 1 Pint.... | |
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Apothecaries' weight 20 grains = 1 scruple 3 scruples = 1 dram = 60 grains 8 drams = 1 ounce = 24 scruples... 