Thomson's Conspectus of the British pharmacopoeias.

  • Anthony Todd Thomson
Date:
1852
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Credit: Thomson's Conspectus of the British pharmacopoeias. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    APPENDIX. No. VIII. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. WEIGHTS. The pound, lb) «, [Twelve (sixteen Dublin) ounces, ounce, 3 .£ Eight drachms, drachm, 3 ^ -2 i Three scruples, scruple, 9 § Twenty grains, grain, grJ ° I These, and the signs by which they are denoted, are the same in all the British Pharmacopoeias. APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT. Pound. Ounces. Drachms. Scruples. Grains. 1 = 12 = 96 = 288 = 5760 1=8= 24 = 480 1 = 3 = 60 1 = 20 TROY WEIGHT. Pound. Ounces. Pennyweights. Grains. I = 12 = 240 = 5760 1 = 20 = 480 1 = 24 MEASURE OF FLUIDS. The gallon, Cong. ] M f Eight pints. pint, (Octarizcs) 0| .5 1 Twenty fluid ounces, fluid ounce, f3 \ -2 i Eight fluid drachms, fluid drachm, f 3 J § ! Sixty minims, minim, V\J u I PROPORTION OF THE IMPERIAL GALLON. Gallon. Pints.. Fluid Ounces. Fluid Drachms. Minims. I =8 = 160 = 1280 = 76,800 1 = 20 = 160 = 9,600 1 = 8 = 480 1 = 60 The Dublin Pharmacopoeia uses fluid scruples (fDj,), which contain Hlxx., and three of them form the f5j.
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