 | Liberty Hyde Bailey - Gardening - 1895 - 324 pages
...pound. lb. oz. pwt. gr. 1 = 12 = 240 = 5760 1 = 20 = 480 1 = 24 3. Apothecaries' Weight. •20 grains =1 scruple. 3 scruples =1 dram . 8 drams =1 ounce. 12 ounces =1 pound. lb. oz. dr. scr. gr. 1 = 12 = 96 = 288 = 5760 1 = 8 = 24 = 480 1 = 3 = 60 1 = 20 4. Table of Comparative... | |
 | Edwin Pliny Seaver, George Augustus Walton - Arithmetic - 1895 - 438 pages
...also use the fluid ounce (f. 3 ), fluid dram (f. 3), minims or drops ("I). 34. WEIGHT. 20 grains = 1 scruple. 3 scruples = 1 dram. 8 drams = 1 ounce. 12 ounces = 1 pound. 35. FLUID MEASURE. 60 minims = 1 fluid drachm. 8 fluid drachms = 1 fluid ounce. 16 fluid ounces = 1... | |
 | Middlesex Alfred Bailey - Arithmetic - 1898 - 220 pages
...ounce (oz.). 12 ounces = 1 pound (lb.). Apothecaries' Weight is used for medicines. 20 grains (gr.). = 1 scruple. 3 scruples = 1 dram. 8 drams = 1 ounce. 12 ounces = 1 pound (lb.). NOTE. — The grain is the same for all measures : 5760 gr. = 1 troy, or apothecaries'. pound;... | |
 | Noah Webster - 1902 - 200 pages
...Used in compounding Medicines. Drugs are bought and sola by Avoirdupois Weight. 20 grains ........... =1 scruple. 3 scruples ......... — 1 dram. 8 drams............... =1 ounce. 12 ounces .......... =1 pound. LONG MEASUBE. Used in measuring Lines or Distances When Length only is considered. 3 barleycorns ......... | |
 | Harry Lee Steiner - Accounting - 1905 - 154 pages
...24 grains =1 pennyweight 20 pennyweights =1 ounce 12 ounces =1 pound Apothecaries' Weight. 20 grains =1 scruple 3 scruples =1 dram 8 drams =1 ounce 12 ounces =1 pound Dry Measure. 2 pints =1 quart 8 quarts = 1 peck 4 pecks =1 bushel 8 bushels (480 pounds) =1 quarter... | |
 | John Marvin Colaw, Frank Williamson Duke - Arithmetic - 1906 - 408 pages
...pure. In mixing and retailing medicines, druggists use Apothecaries' Weight, as follows: = : scmple. 3 scruples = 1 dram. 8 drams = 1 ounce. 12 ounces = 1 pound. 196. There is an increasing tendency to let the avoirdupois weights take the place of dry measures.... | |
 | John Walter Wilkinson - Agriculture - 1909 - 398 pages
...5.5 17.4 24.0 8.0 9.8 6.2 7.5 4. DOMESTIC WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Apothecaries' Weight. — 20 grains = 1 scruple; 3 scruples = 1 dram; 8 drams = 1 ounce; 12 ounces = 1 pound. Avoirdupois Weight (short ton).—-27Ji grains = 1 dram; 16 drams = 1 ounce; 16 ounces = 1 pound; 25... | |
 | Elizabeth Etta Smith Enz - Homeopathy - 1911 - 392 pages
...1x, 2x, 3x, signifies that it is prepared on the decimal scale. Apothecaries' Weight. 20 grains equal 1 scruple. 3 scruples " 1 dram, 8 drams " 1 ounce. 12 ounces " 1 pound. 60 minims " 1 fluid drachm. 8 fluidrachms " 1 fluid ounce. 16 fluidounces " 1 pint. Abbreviations,... | |
 | James Alfred Moss - 1911 - 536 pages
...attorney's fee is nominal, usually $5.00. DOMESTIC WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. Apothecaries' Weight : 20 grains = 1 scruple ; 3 scruples = 1 dram ; 8 drams = 1 ounce; 12 ounces — 1 pound. Avoirdupois Weight (short ton): 27 11-32 grains = 1 dram; 16 drams = 1 ounce; 16 ounces = 1 pound;... | |
 | James Beveridge - Paper industry - 1911 - 296 pages
...,, 5,760 grains = 1 Ib. troy. 480 grains = 1 oz. troy. APOTHEC ABIESi WEIGHT. 20 minims or grains = 1 scruple. 3 scruples... ... ... ... ... ... = 1 dram....... = 1 ounce. 12 ounces ... ... ... ... ... ... = 1 Ib. LIQUID MEASURE. 4 gills = 1 pint = 0-28394 litres. 2 pints ... ... ... = 1 quart = 1-13575 ,, 4... | |
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APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT 20 grains = 1 scruple. 3 scruples = 1 dram. 8 drams = 1 ounce. 12 ounces = 1 pound. 
