 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1858 - 346 pages
...generally sold, in the quantity, by avoirdupois weight. TABLE. 20 grains, gi. make 1 scruple, marked 3 scruples - - 1 dram, - - 8 drams - - 1 ounce, ... 12 ounces - - 1 pound, - - 9. 3. 5. ft20 60 480 5760 9 1 3 24 288 1 8 96 = 1 = 12 = 1 NOTES. — 1. The pound and ounce are the same... | |
 | J Owen Wilden - 1858 - 144 pages
...medicines by this weight, but drugs are bought and sold by avoirdupois. 20 grains make 1 scruple. 3 3 scruples „ 1 dram. * 8 drams „ 1 ounce. ? 12 ounces „ 1 pound. lb. gr. 20 = 1 scruple. 60 = 3=1 dram. 480 = 24 = 8 = 1 ounce. 5760 = 288 = 96 = 12 = 1 pound. KB —... | |
 | English spelling book - 1859 - 264 pages
...(dwt.) 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce (oz.) 12 ounces = 1 pound (lb.) APOTHECABIES' WEIGHT. 20 grains = 1 scruple. 3 scruples = 1 dram. 8 drams = 1 ounce. 12 ounces = 1 pound. AVOIKDBFOIS, OB GBOOEBB' WEIGHT. 16 drams = 1 ounce (oz.) 16 ounces = 1 pound (lb.) 14 pounds = 1 stone... | |
 | Dana Pond Colburn - 1859 - 84 pages
...medicines, physicians and apothecaries use Apothecaries Weight. TABLE OF APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT. 20 grains = 1 scruple. 3 scruples = 1 dram. 8 drams = 1 ounce. 12 ounces = 1 pound. LESSON XXXV. HOW GRAIN AND LIQUIDS ARE MEASURED. A. Grain, Nuts, Fruit, Salt, &c., are measured by... | |
 | Dana Pond Colburn - Arithmetic - 1860 - 388 pages
...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. : Hi for pound, §... | |
 | Charles Vyse - 1864 - 176 pages
...6 h... 1 year CUBIC MEASURE. ',728 inches. 1 foot 27 feet. . . 1 yard APOTHECARIES'. 20 grains. . . 1 scruple 3 scruples . 1 dram 8 drams ... 1 ounce 12 ounces . . 1 pound WOOL. 7 pounds 1 clove 2 cloves . 1 stone 2 stones . 1 tod 6} tods . 1 wey 2 weys . . 1 sack 12 sacks..... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1865 - 468 pages
...mixing their medicines. But medicines are generally sold, in the quantity, by avoirdupois weight. Table. 20 grains (gr.) .... make 1 scruple, 3 scruples ...........drams ......... 1 ounce, 12 ounces ......... 1 pound, marked 3. 3. ?. tb ft 1 1 12 Table Reversed. 3 1 = = 8 = 96 3 1 3 24 288 gr. 20 60 480 5760 NOTES.... | |
 | Henry Rutter (of Mitcham.) - 1866 - 152 pages
...= 27 • 34375 grains Troy ; 1 ounce = 43 7 • 5 grains Troy. APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT.— 20 grains = 1 scruple, 3 scruples = 1 dram, 8 drams = 1 ounce, 12 ounces = 1 pound. The pound, ounce, and grain of Apothecaries' weight, are the same as the pound, ounce, and grain of... | |
 | John William Colenso (bp. of Natal.) - 1867 - 244 pages
...pound, but not the pennyweight ; and they arrange their table of weights as follows : — 20 grains make ... 1 scruple, 3 scruples 1 dram, 8 drams 1 ounce, 12 ounces 1 pound. Ex. 58. Reduce (1.) 214 Ibs. to pennyweights. (2.) 307 oz. to grains. (3.) 35 Ibs. 7 oz. to pennyweights.... | |
 | Francis Walkingame - 1868 - 154 pages
...sack, or 2 weys 364 A last, or 12 sacks 4368 APOTHECARIES WEIGHT. Marked 20 Grains make 1 Scruple c %'' 3 Scruples „ 1 Dram | 8 Drams „ 1 Ounce ?, 12 Ounces , 1 Pound 11> Grains. 20= 1 Scruple. 60 = 3=1 Dram. 480 = 24 = 8 = 1 Ounce. 5760 = 288 = 96 = 12 = 1 Pound. Apothecaries,... | |
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APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT 20 grains = 1 scruple. 3 scruples = 1 dram. 8 drams = 1 ounce. 12 ounces = 1 pound. 
