This section is from the book "A Treatise On Beverages or The Complete Practical Bottler", by Charles Herman Sulz. Also available from Amazon: A Treatise On Beverages.
The weights employed in the manufacture of carbonated beverages is the Avoirdupois Weight.
Pound. | Ounces. | Drachms. | Grains. |
1 | 16 | = 128 | = 7680 |
1 | = 8 | = 60 | |
1 | = 60 |
100 pounds = 1 hundredweight, cwt.
20 cwt. or 2000 ft = 1 ton.
For comparison we append the Apothecaries' or Troy Weight, U. 8.
Grains. | Ounces Avoirdupois. | Grains. | ||
1 pound, Ib1 | = 12 troy ounces | = 5760 | = 13 | = 72.5 |
1 troy ounce, | = 8 drachms | = 480 | = 1 | = 42.5 |
1 drachm, 3 | = 3 scruples | = 60 | ||
1 scruple, | = 20 | |||
1 grain, gr. | = 1 |
 
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