 | Frank H. Hall - Education - 1898 - 296 pages
...mixing medicines and in selling them at retail. APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT. 20 grains (gr.) = 1 scruple (3). 3 scruples = 1 dram (3). 8 drams = 1 ounce (?). 12 ounces = 1 pound (ft). NOTE 1. — The pound Troy and the pound Apothecary are equal, each weighing 5760 grains. The... | |
 | Frank H. Hall - Arithmetic - 1898 - 332 pages
...mixing medicines and in selling them at retail. APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT. 20 grains (gr.) = 1 scruple (3). 3 scruples = 1 dram (3). 8 drams = 1 ounce (§). 12 ounces = 1 pound (ft). NOTE 1.— The pound Troy and the pound Apothecary are equal, each weighing 5760 grains. The... | |
 | Frank H. Hall - Arithmetic - 1898 - 326 pages
...mixing medicines and in selling them at retail. APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT. 20 grains (gr.) = 1 scruple (3). 3 scruples = 1 dram (3). 8 drams = 1 ounce (?). 12 ounces = 1 pound (ft>). NoTE 1.—The pound Troy and the pound Apothecary are equal, each weighing 5760 grains. The... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - Arithmetic - 1898 - 424 pages
...medicines, apothecaries make use of the following : Apothecaries' Weight. 20 grains (gr.) = 1 scruple (9). 3 scruples =1 dram (3). 8 drams = 1 ounce (§ ). 12 ounces = 1 Ib. troy. Apothecaries' Measure. 60 minims (m) = 1 dram (m lx.). 8 drams = 1 ounce (fl. drm. viij.).... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - Arithmetic - 1898 - 424 pages
...medicines, apothecaries make use of the following : Apothecaries' Weight. 20 grains (gr.) = 1 scruple O). 3 scruples = 1 dram (3). 8 drams = 1 ounce (§). 12 ounces = 1 lb. troy. Apothecaries' ' Measure. 60 minims (Hi) = 1 dram (irt lx.). 8 drams = 1 ounce (fl. drm. viij.).... | |
 | John Marvin Colaw, John Kelley Elkwood - Arithmetic - 1900 - 450 pages
...is the ratio of the market value of silver to that of gold? TABLE. 20 grains (gr.) = 1 scruple (3). 3 scruples = 1 dram () 3 . 8 drams = 1 ounce ( § ). 12 ounces = 1 pound (ft,). ». ! 3 3 gr. 1 = 12 = 96 = 288 - 5760. COMPARISON OF WEIGHTS. AVOIRDUPOIS. TROY. APOTHECARIES'.... | |
 | William Joseph Moran - Arithmetic - 1900 - 198 pages
...WEIGHT. Apothecaries' Weight is used in prescribing medicines. TABLE. 20 grains (gr.) = 1 scruple, Э3 scruples = 1 dram, 3. 8 drams = 1 ounce, §. 12 ounces = 1 pound, ft). NOTES. — 1. A pound contains 5760 Troy grains. 2. Medicines are bought by avoirdupois weight... | |
 | Samuel Wesley Baird - Arithmetic - 1901 - 172 pages
...like the Troy pound. Medicines are bought and sold by avoirdupois weight. TABLE 20 grains = 1 scruple (Э) 3 scruples = 1 dram (3) 8 drams = 1 ounce ( ^ ) 12 ounces = 1 pound (ft) TIME The unit of time is the day. TABLE 60 seconds (sec.) = 1 minute (min.) 60 minutes = 1 hour... | |
 | George William Myers, Sarah Catherine Brooks - Arithmetic - 1903 - 424 pages
...ton (T.) 2240 pounds = 1 long ton (LT) TABLE OF APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT 20 grains (gr.) = 1 scruple (3) 3 scruples = 1 dram (3) 8 drams = 1 ounce (?) 12 ounces = 1 pound (Ib.) §151. Measures of Length, or Distance (Linear Measure). The standard unit for measures of length,... | |
 | Frank H. Hall - Arithmetic - 1907 - 364 pages
...in mixing medicines and in selling them at retail. Apothecaries' Weight 20 grains (gr.) = 1 scruple (Э). 3 scruples = 1 dram (3). 8 drams = 1 ounce (§)• 12 ounces = 1 pound (lb). NOTE 1. The pound Troy and the pound Apothecary are equal, each weighing 5760 grains. The pound... | |
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APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT. 20 grains (gr.) = 1 scruple (3). 3 scruples = 1 dram (3). 8 drams = 1 ounce (§). 12 ounces = 1 pound (ft). 
