Apothecary scales
The Apothecaries system of measurement were used by apothecaries and physicians when weighing ingredients for medical recipes. It divides a pound into 12 ounces, an ounce into 8 drachms, and a drachm into 3 scruples of 20 grains each.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 206/1974
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Material
- woodsteelbrasstextile
- Common Name
- Apothecary scales
- Simple Name
- scales; weight
- Period Classification
- Victorian (1837-1901)
- Production Year Low
- 1850
- Production Year High
- 1900
