Apothecaries' system
The apothecaries' system or Apothecaries' Weights and Measures is a historical system of mass and volume units that were used by physicians and apothecaries for medical recipes, and also sometimes by scientists. The English version of the system is closely related with the English troy system of weights, the pound and grain being exactly the same in both. It divides a pound into 12 ounces, an ounce into 8 drachms, and a drachm into 3 scruples or 60 grains. This exact form of the system was used in the United Kingdom; in some of its former colonies it survived well into the 20th century. The apothecaries' system of measures is a similar system of volume units based on the fluid ounce. For a long time, medical recipes were written in Latin, often using special symbols to denote weights and m
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Apothecaries' system
The apothecaries' system or Apothecaries' Weights and Measures is a historical system of mass and volume units that were used by physicians and apothecaries for medical recipes, and also sometimes by scientists. The English version of the system is closely related with the English troy system of weights, the pound and grain being exactly the same in both. It divides a pound into 12 ounces, an ounce into 8 drachms, and a drachm into 3 scruples or 60 grains. This exact form of the system was used in the United Kingdom; in some of its former colonies it survived well into the 20th century. The apothecaries' system of measures is a similar system of volume units based on the fluid ounce. For a long time, medical recipes were written in Latin, often using special symbols to denote weights and m
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Die europäischen Apothekergewi ...... urch das Grammgewicht ersetzt.
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Le système des apothicaires es ...... C’est un système non-décimal.
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The apothecaries' system or Ap ...... from the apothecaries' system.
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Апте́карский вес (медици́нский ...... а, основанной на жидкой унции.
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薬衡(やくこう、apothecaries' system)は ...... 単位は1971年1月1日に廃止され、現在は使用されていない。
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Die europäischen Apothekergewi ...... urch das Grammgewicht ersetzt.
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Le système des apothicaires es ...... C’est un système non-décimal.
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The apothecaries' system or Ap ...... ymbols to denote weights and m
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Апте́карский вес (медици́нский ...... ёными для взвешивания веществ.
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薬衡(やくこう、apothecaries' system)は ...... 単位は1971年1月1日に廃止され、現在は使用されていない。
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Apothecaries' system
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Apothekergewicht
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Système des apothicaires
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Аптекарский вес
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薬衡
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