 | Silas Sadler Packard, Byron Horton - Business mathematics - 1882 - 324 pages
...weight, the division of the ounce being different. %1\"B it or THE UNIVERSITY OF TABLE. 20 Grains (jr.) = 1 Scruple . . sc. or 3. 3 Scruples = 1 Dram . . dr. or 3 . 8 Drains = I Ounce . . oz. or | . 12 Ounces = 1 Pound . . Ib. or ft . ft 1 3 3 gr. 1 = 12 = 96 = 288... | |
 | Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1883 - 186 pages
...Weight is used by apothecaries and physicians in compounding dry medicines. TABLE. 20 Grains (gr.} = 1 Scruple, . . sc., or 3. 3 Scruples = 1 Dram, . . dr., or 3 . 8 Drams = 1 Ounce, . . oz., or § . 12 Ounces = 1 Pound, . . Ib., or ft,. Medicines are bought and sold in quantities by Avoirdupois... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1884 - 426 pages
...Weight is used by Apothecaries in mixing medicines. (Art. 898, Appendix.) TABLE 20 grains (gr.) = \ scruple, - - sc., or 3. 3 scruples = 1 dram, - - - dr., or 3. 8 drams = 1 ounce, - - - oz., or f . 12 ounces = 1 pound, - - Ib., or ft. NOTE. — The pound, ounce, and grain are the same as Troy... | |
 | Christian Brothers - Arithmetic - 1888 - 484 pages
...Weight only in the divisions of its ounce. TABLE. 20 grains (gr.) = 1 scruple ................... scr., or 3. 3 scruples = 1 dram ................... dr.,...3. 8 drams = 1 ounce ..................... oz., or § . 12 ounces = 1 pound ..................... Ib., or Ib. EXERCISES. 1. How many grains in a scruple... | |
 | Henry Francis Harrington - Spellers - 1888 - 126 pages
...Apothecaries' Weight. Apothecaries' Weight is used in mixing or compounding medcmes. 20 grains (gr.) = 1 scruple (sc. or 3). 3 scruples = 1 dram (dr. or 3). 8 drams — 1 ounce (oz. or 5). 12 ounces = 1 pound (Ib. or ib). 5760 grains = 1 pound. Apothecaries' Fluid Measure. CO minims... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1892 - 428 pages
...for prescriptions, but medicines are bought and sold by avoirdupois weight. TABLE. 20 Grains (gr.) = 1 Scruple . . . sc., or 3 3 Scruples = 1 Dram . . . . dr., or 3 8 Drams = 1 Ounce . . . oz., or 5 12 Ounces = 1 Pound . . . Ib. , or Ib Apothecaries' Liquid Measure is used in compounding and measuring... | |
 | John Fenner Brown - Arithmetic - 1892 - 184 pages
...lbs. 11 oz. 24 90 72 18 gr. Ans. 7 Ibs. lloz. 13 dwt. 18 gr. APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT. 20 grains (gr.) = 1 scruple (sc. or 3). 3 scruples = 1 dram (dr. or 3). 8 drams =• 1 ounce (oz. or 5 )• 12 ounces = 1 pound (lb.). The pound, ounce, and grain are the same as those of Troy weight.... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1892 - 428 pages
...medicines are bought and sold by avoirdupois weight. TABLE. 20 Grains (gr.) — 1 Scruple . . . so., or 3 3 Scruples = 1 Dram . . . . dr., or 3 8 Drams = 1 Ounce . . . oz., or J 12 Ounces = 1 Pound . . . Ib., or ft Apothecaries' Liquid Measure is used in compounding and measuring... | |
 | William James Milne - Arithmetic - 1892 - 440 pages
...and physicians in weighing medicines for prescriptions. TABLE. 20 Grains (gr.) = 1 Scruple . . . so., or 3 3 Scruples = 1 Dram .... dr., or 3 8 Drams = 1 Ounce . . . oz. , or % 12 Ounces = 1 Pound . . . lb., or lb lb. oz. dr. sc. gr. 1 = 12 = 9(i = 288 = 5700 Scale. — 12,... | |
 | William James Milne - Arithmetic - 1893 - 252 pages
...prescriptions Apothecaries' Weight is used by apothecaries and physicians TABLE. 20 grains (gr.) = 1 scruple (sc., or 3). 3 scruples = 1 dram (dr., or 3). 8 drams = 1 ounce (oz., or 5)12 ounces = 1 pound (lb., cr lb). EXERCISES. 1. How many gr. are there in 3 sc. ? In4sc. ? In5£sc.... | |
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Weight This is used to. some extent in filling prescriptions. The grain, ounce, and pound are the same as in troy weight, but the ounce is divided differently. 20 grains (gr.) = 1 scruple . . . sc. or 3 3 scruples = 1 dram . . . dr. or 3 8 drams = 1 ounce... 
