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dram now meant only avoirdupois drams, which were 1 ⁄ 16 of an avoirdupois ounce. An ounce consisted of 437.5 grains, thus making the dram exactly 27.34375 grains. drachm now meant only apothecaries' drachms, which were 1 ⁄ 8 of an apothecaries' ounce of 480 grains, or equal to 60 grains.
The earliest known version of the avoirdupois weight system had the following units: a pound of 6992 grains, a stone of 14 pounds, a woolsack of 26 stone, an ounce of 1 ⁄ 16 pound, and finally, the ounce was divided into 16 "parts". [12]
The Spanish ounce (Spanish onza) was 1 ⁄ 16 of a pound, i.e. 28.75 g. [13] It was further subdivided into 16 adarmes (each 1.8 grams). For pharmaceutical use, the Greek dracma was used, subdividing the Spanish ounce into 8 (3.6 grams), due to being equivalent to 1 ⁄ 12 of an avoirdupois ounce.
Since the implementation of the international yard and pound agreement of 1 July 1959, the grain measure is defined as precisely 64.798 91 milligrams. [16]: C-19 [ 17 ] Thus one troy ounce = 480 grains × 0.064 798 91 grams/grain = 31.103 476 80 grams.
A dram is 1 ⁄ 16 of an ounce ounce (oz) 1 ⁄ 16: 28.349 523 125 g: An ounce is 1 ⁄ 16 of a pound pound (lb) 1 0.453 592 37 kg: Defined by the Units of Measurement Regulations 1994 (SI 1994/2867) [33] stone (st) 14 6.350 293 18 kg: The plural stone is often used when providing a weight (e.g. "this sack weighs 8 stone"). [34]
ons, once – 1 ⁄ 16 pond = 30.881 g (1.0893 oz) (with variations, now 100 g) An ons was 1 ⁄ 16 of a pond. An ons was generally around 30 grams, but there was much variation. The figures provided above for the weight of the various pounds used in the Netherlands can be divided by 16 to obtain the weights of the various ounces in use.
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In the early 19th century, the arrátel was evaluated at 459 g (16.2 oz). [50] In the 15th century, the arrátel was of 14 ounces of Colonha or 400.6 g (14.13 oz). The Portuguese libra was the same as 2 arráteis. There were also arráteis of 12.5 and 13 ounces and libras of 15 and 16 ounces. The Troyes or Tria standard was also used.