 | Charlotte Albina Aikens - Nurses - 1912 - 504 pages
...the physician if it can be well avoided. CHAPTER XXI WEIGHTS AND MEASURES AND MEDICINAL PREPARATIONS Apothecaries' Weight 20 grains = 1 scruple 3 scruples = 1 dram 8 drams = 1 ounce or 480 grains 12 ounces = 1 pound Apothecaries' Measure 60 minims = 1 fluidram 8 fluidrams = 1 fluidounce... | |
 | H. W. MacFarren - Cyanide process - 1912 - 314 pages
...pennyweights = 1 ounce (oz.). 480 grains = 1 ounce. 12 ounces = 1 pound (lb.). 5760 grains = 1 pound. 20 grains = 1 scruple. 3 scruples = 1 dram. 8 drams = 1 ounce. APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT 480 grains = 1 ounce. 12 ounces = 1 pound. 5760 grains = 1 pound. LENGTH 4 rods... | |
 | Boston Chamber of Commerce - Boston (Mass.) - 1913 - 268 pages
...avdp 7000 grains TROY WEIGHT. 24 grains 1 pennyweight, dwt. 20 dwt 1 ounce, oz. 12 oz 1 pound, lb. APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT. 20 grains 1 scruple 3 scruples 1 dram 8 drams 1 ounce 12 ounces 1 pound +r* $13+ FRENCH LITERS CONVERTED INTO WINE GALLONS. «r u V Liters Gallons Liters Gallons . Liters... | |
 | George Henry Van Tuyl - Business mathematics - 1913 - 282 pages
...Apothecaries' weight is used by druggists and physicians in compounding and prescribing medicines. TABLE 20 grains = 1 scruple 3 scruples = 1 dram 8 drams = 1 ounce 12 ounces = 1 pound The term " carat " (or karat) has two meanings. In weighing diamonds, it is a denomination of weight, and... | |
 | Boston Chamber of Commerce - Boston (Mass.) - 1913 - 270 pages
...WE1GHT. 24 grains 1 pennyweight, dwt. 20 dwt 1 ounce, oz. 12 oz 1 pound, lb. APOTHECAR1ES' WE1GHT. 20 grains 1 scruple 3 scruples 1 dram 8 drams 1 ounce 12 ounces 1 pound FRENCH L1TERS CONVERTED 1NTO W1NE GALLONS. Liters Gallons Liters Gallons Liters Gallons 1 .264 41 10.831... | |
 | John Alexander Luman - Arithmetic - 1914 - 366 pages
...pwt. gr. 1 = 12 = 240 = 576O 1 = 20 = 48O 1 = 24 Troy weight is used in weighing gold, silver 394. 20 Grains = 1 Scruple 3 Scruples = 1 Dram 8 Drams = 1 Ounce APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT ^K^ £ ? • * 5 9 gr. 1 = 12 ='96 = 288 = 5760 1 = 8 = 24 = 480 1 = 3 = 60 12... | |
 | Weights and measures - 1915 - 854 pages
...ounce 16 fluid ounces 1 liquid pint 8 liquid pints = 1 gallon (British measures differ from above) 20 grains - 1 scruple 3 scruples 1 dram 8 drams = 1 ounce 12 ounces = 1 pound = 1 dram — 1 ounce — 1 pound = 1 short quarter = 1 long quarter . , ., (short hundredweight—... | |
 | Jay Laird Burgess Taylor - Forests and forestry - 1916 - 440 pages
...Pennyweight (Dwt) 20 Dwts = 1 Ounce 12 Ounces = 1 Pound APOTHECARIES' Used in weighing medicines and drugs. 20 Grains = 1 Scruple 3 Scruples = 1 Dram 8 Drams = 1 Ounce 12 Ounces = 1 Pound MEASURES SURVEYORS' Used in measuring lands. LINEAR 7 . 92 Inches = 1 Link 100 Links = 1 Chain (Gunter's)... | |
 | George Arthur Burrell - Gasoline - 1916 - 306 pages
...Manufactured WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Troy Weight 24 grains = 1 pwt. 12 ounces = 1 pound 20 pwts. = 1 ounce Used for weighing gold, silver and jewels. Apothecaries' Weight 20 grains = 1 scruple 8 drams = 1 ounce 3 scruples = 1 dram 12 ounces = 1 puund The ounce and pound in this are the same... | |
 | George H. Stevens - Phenol - 1916 - 104 pages
...quart; 8 quarts — 1 peck; 4 pecks — 1 bushel. DOMESTIC WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. Apothecaries Wei Klu i 20 grains -1 scruple; 3 scruples -1 dram- 8 drams -1 ounce; 13 ounces— 1 pound. AvolrnupoU Weight (short ton): 2711 32 grain;— Id -am; 16 drams— 1 ounce;... | |
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APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT 20 grains = 1 scruple. 3 scruples = 1 dram. 8 drams = 1 ounce. 12 ounces = 1 pound. 
