APPENDIX 531 



TABLES OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES 



APOTHECARIES' FLUID MEASURE 

 60 minims = 1 fluid dram 

 8 fluid drams = 1 fluid ounce 

 16 fluid ounces = 1 liquid pint 



8 liquid pints = 1 gallon 

 (British measures differ from above) 



APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT 



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20 grains = 1 scruple 



3 scruples = 1 dram 



8 drams = 1 ounce 

 12 ounces = 1 pound 



AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT 

 27^J grains = 1 dram 

 16 drams = 1 ounce 

 16 ounces = 1 pound 

 25 pounds = 1 short quarter 

 28 pounds = 1 long quarter 



4 quarters = 1 hundredweight { short hundredweight = 100 pounds 



I long hundredweight = 112 pounds 



v j j u* f short ton = 2000 pounds 



20 hundredweight = 1 ton ^ 



I long ton = 2240 pounds 



CIRCULAR MEASURE 

 60 seconds =1 minute 

 60 minutes = 1 degree 

 90 degrees = 1 quadrant 

 4 quadrants = 1 circle or circumference 



CUBIC MEASURE 

 1728 cubic inches = 1 cubic foot 

 27 cubic feet = 1 cubic yard 

 144 cubic inches = 1 board foot 

 128 cubic feet = 1 cord 



DRY MEASURE 

 2 pints = 1 quart 

 8 quarts = 1 peck 

 4 pecks = 1 bushel 



1 barrel (for fruit, vegetables, and other dry commodities) = 7056 cubic 

 inches = 105 dry quarts 



