REDUCTION. 37 



APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT. 



20 grains make i scruple, marked gr. (c. or 9. 



3 fc. or 9 I dram dr. or 5. 

 8 dr. I ounce oz. or ^. 



12 oz. I pound tb or lb. 



Apothecaries use this weight In compounding their med- 

 icines ; but they buy and sell their drugs by Avoirdupois 

 weight. Apothecaries' is the same as Troy weight, having 

 only some different divisons. 



AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. 



16 drams make i ounce, marked dr. oz. 



16 ounces i pound lb. 



28 lb. I quarter qr. 



4 quarters i hundred weight cwt. 

 20 cwt. I ton T. 



By this weight are weighed all things of a coarse or 

 idrossy nature : such as butter, cheese, flesh, grocery wares, 

 aud all metals, except gold and silver.* 



DRY 



lb. 

 * A firkin of butter . is , ^6 



A firkin of soap 64 



A barrel of pot-ashes ... 200 

 A barrel of anchovies .... 30 

 A barrel of candles ....120 



A barrel of soap 256 



A barrel of butter 224 



A fother of lead is 1 9^ cwt. 



A stone of iron 14 



A stone of butcher's meat . . 8 

 A gallon of train oil ... . 7-%- 



A faggot of steel 120 



A stone of glass 5 



A seam of glass is 24 stone, 

 or 120 



lb. oz. dr. 

 A peck loaf of bread 



weighs 17 61 



A half peck .... 8 11 

 A quartern ..... 4 58 



make a truss. 



56 lbs old hay 1 

 60 lbs new hay J 

 36 trusses a load. 



4 pecks coal make i bushel. 

 9 bushels . . . I vat or strike. 

 36 bushels .... I chaldron. 

 21 chaldrons . . . i score. 



7 lbs wool make 

 2 cloves .... 



I clove. 



1 stone, 



2 stones 



