MEASURES, WEIGHTS, ETC.
Apothecaries
| 1 grain | = | .0648 gramme. | ||
| 20 grains | = | 1 scruple | = | 1.296 grammes. |
| 3 scruples | = | 1 drachm | = | 3.888 grammes. |
| 8 drachms | = | 1 ounce | = | 31.103 grammes. |
Troy
| 1 grain | = | .0648 gramme. | ||
| 24 grains | = | 1 pennyweight | = | 1.555 grammes. |
| 20 pennyweights | = | 1 troy ounce | = | 31.1035 grammes. |
Avoirdupois
| 16 drams | = | 1 ounce. |
| 16 ounces | = | 1 pound. |
| 14 pounds | = | 1 stone. |
| 28 pounds | = | 1 quarter. |
| 112 pounds | = | 1 hundredweight (cwt.). |
| 20 hundredweight | = | 1 ton (2240 lbs.). |
Capacity (Wet)
| 1 gill | = | 1.42 decilitres. | ||
| 4 gills | = | 1 pint | = | .568 litre. |
| 2 pints | = | 1 quart | = | 1.136 litres. |
| 4 quarts | = | 1 gallon | = | 4.545 litres. |
| 2 gallons | = | 1 peck | = | 9.09 litres. |
| 4 pecks | = | 1 bushel. | ||
| 8 bushels | = | 1 quarter. |