systems used by apothecaries, the Irish pharmacopœia of 1850 introduced a new variant of the apothecaries' system which subdivided a new apothecaries'...
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skilled practitioner. In England, the apothecaries merited their own livery company, the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries, founded in 1617. Its roots, however...
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Roman numerals (redirect from Roman number system)
numerals. The use of N to indicate "none" long survived in the historic apothecaries' system of measurement: used well into the 20th century to designate quantities...
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Russian units of measurement (category Systems of units)
vastly differing values. Two systems of weight were in use, an ordinary one in common use, and an apothecaries' system. The pood was first mentioned...
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Imperial units (redirect from Imperial system of units)
with imperial equivalents. Apothecaries' units are not mentioned in the acts of 1824 and 1825. At the time, apothecaries' weights and measures were regulated...
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of measurement of mass, and in the troy weight, avoirdupois, and apothecaries' systems, equal to exactly 64.79891 milligrams. It is nominally based upon...
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the avoirdupois system. The apothecaries' system was traditionally used in pharmacology, but has now been replaced by the metric system; it shared the...
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Troy weight (redirect from Troy system of mass)
were also part of the apothecaries' system. This was long used in medicine, but has been largely replaced by the metric system (milligrams). The only...
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and apothecaries' mass are the same as the corresponding United States tables, except for the British spelling "drachm" in the table of apothecaries' mass...
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meant only apothecaries' drachms, which were 1⁄8 of an apothecaries' ounce of 480 grains, thus equal to 60 grains. In the avoirdupois system, the dram...
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Dessert spoon (section Apothecary measure)
the Apothecaries' system, two tea-spoons make a dessert-spoon, while two dessert-spoons make a table-spoon. In pharmaceutical Latin, the Apothecaries' dessert-spoon...
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United States customary units (redirect from United States Customary System)
half of the dram in apothecaries'. The fluid dram unit of volume is based on the weight of 1 dram of water in the apothecaries' system. To alleviate confusion...
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The scruple (℈) is a small unit in the apothecaries' system, derived from the old Roman scrupulum (lit. 'small pebble') unit (scrupulus/scrupulum). The...
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Dutch units of measurement (category Systems of units)
Units of weight included the pond, ons and last. There was also an apothecaries' system of weights. The mijl and roede were measurements of distance. Smaller...
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Tablespoon (section Apothecary measure)
the 18th century, the table-spoon became an unofficial unit of the apothecaries' system of measures, equal to 4 drams (1/2 fl oz, 14.8 ml). It was more...
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for the drop, which had previously been the smallest unit of the apothecaries' system. It was observed that the size of a drop can vary considerably depending...
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Avoirdupois (redirect from Avoirdupois system of units)
charges, particularly for shotguns and large black-powder rifles. Apothecaries' system Units of measurement in France Imperial units Troy weight United...
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and manufacturer Various related obsolete units of weight - see Apothecaries' system Marc's, a drugstore chain in Ohio, United States Marc Marc, Saint...
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ethical dilemmas. Scruple (unit) (℈), a small unit of mass in the apothecaries' system All pages with titles containing Scruple Skrupel, a Norwegian unit...
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the Apothecaries' system—which still has authority to define certain drug and supplement standards. The USP has long-since abandoned Apothecaries' measurements...
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pint is traditionally one eighth of a gallon. In the Latin of the apothecaries' system, the symbol O (octarius or octavius; plural octarii or octavii –...
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it was defined as 1⁄48 Roman ounce or about 0.57 g (9 gr). The apothecaries' system also reckoned the obol or obolus as 1⁄48 ounce or 1⁄2 scruple. While...
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after of the American Revolution. One wineglass equaled 1⁄4 cup. Apothecaries' system Atom (time) – a hypothetical unit of time used in the Middle Ages...
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Ounce (redirect from Apothecary's ounce)
elementary-school curriculum. The apothecaries' ounce (abbreviated ℥) equivalent to the troy ounce, was formerly used by apothecaries, and is thus obsolete. "Maria...
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England by jewellers. Apothecaries also used the troy pound and ounce, but added the drachms and scruples unit in the apothecaries' system of weights. Troy...
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the symbol to represent the abbreviation for dram or drachm, an apothecaries' system unit of mass. Unicode has no dedicated symbol for dram, but the Unicode...
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ė : Latin letter E with overdot - a Lithuanian letter ℈ : Scruple (Apothecaries' system) € : Euro Sign Петар Ђорђић, Историја српске ћирилице, Београд, 2-a...
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the early 19th century, the smallest unit of fluid measure in the Apothecaries' systems of the United States customary units and pre-1824 English units...
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("dispense #30 (thirty)") as in a bank draft or cheque. The use of the apothecaries' system or avoirdupois units and symbols of measure – pints (O), ounces (℥)...
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the pfund of around 350 grams, 5400 grains, used in the Nuremberg apothecaries' system (Apothekergewicht), and was approximately equal to the old Tower...
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