Companion to the latest edition of the British pharmacopoeia : comparing the strength of its various preparations with those of the United States and other foreign pharmacopoeias to which are added non-official preparations and practical hints on prescribing / by Peter Squire.

  • Squire, Peter Wyatt, Sir, 1847-1919.
Date:
1874
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Credit: Companion to the latest edition of the British pharmacopoeia : comparing the strength of its various preparations with those of the United States and other foreign pharmacopoeias to which are added non-official preparations and practical hints on prescribing / by Peter Squire. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    XVll EQUIVALENTS OF ENGLISH WEIGHTS TO FRENCH GRAMMES. aSpl] ^000 T.oy grains 6125 5250 4375 3500 2625 2187- 1750 875 1 ounce, 1 grain, 15-43 1-543 1 •15 or ^ nearly •015 or nearly or 16 ounces . . = 453-592 French grammes or 15 425*2425 J J '5 or 14 Syb 8925 )5 » or 13 _ ODO O4o0 5» J> or 12 _ 340 ly35 J) >» or 11 _ 311 8445 5» J» or 10 283 495 }> » 55 J> or 9 _ 255-1455 or 8 _ 2Zd 795 ?5 5> or 7 _ }5 >> or 6 1 / u uy / »> or 5 _ 141-7475 >> JJ or 4 113-398 or 3 85-0485 or 2 56-699 1J >J or 1 28-3495 5) 5> or i 14-17475 J) 5J or i 7-08737 }> 5» 1 •1, a decigramme. •0648 •01, a centigramme. •001, a milligramme. MEASURES, EQUIVALENTS OF FRENCH GRAMMMES TO ENGLISH WEIGHTS. 1 Litre =1 kilogramme, 1000 French grammes = 35 ounces and 120 grains 900 = 31 and326f „ 800 = 28 and 96 „ 700 = 24 and 302f „ 600 = 21 and 72 „ 500 = 17 and 278f „ 400 = 14 and 48 „ 300 = 10 and254f „ 200 = 7 and 24 „ 1 Decilitre =1 hectogramme, 100 = 3 and 230|: „ 90 = 3 and 76^ „ 80 - 2 and 359i „ 70 = 2 and 205i ,» 60 = 2 and 51 „ 50 = 1 and 334 „ 40 = 1 and 179| „ 30 = 1 and 25^ „ 20 = 308f „ 1 Centilitre = 1 decagramme, 10 = 154^i „ 5 = 7H „ 1 Millehtre = *1 gramme, 1 = nearly 15i- „ = 5> }j 1 decigramme, '1 = „ H „ •05 1 centigramme, '01 •005 1 milligramme, •OOl * The weight of a cubic centimetre of water at its greatest density, viz. at the tem- perature of 4° C. or 39-2° F. Note.—In French, as in German and Eussian dispensing, all hquids are weighed, not measured.