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  2. Dram (unit) - Wikipedia

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    Today's US teaspoon is equivalent to exactly 4.92892159375 ml, which is also 1 ⁄ 6 US fluid ounces, 1 + 1 ⁄ 3 US fluid drams, [5]: C-18 or 80 US minims. [5]: C-5 C-5 While pharmaceuticals are measured nowadays exclusively in metric units, fluid drams are still used to measure the capacity of pill containers .

  3. Apothecaries' system - Wikipedia

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    English-speaking countries also used a system of units of fluid measure, or in modern terminology volume units, based on the apothecaries' system. Originally, the terms and symbols used to describe the volume measurements of liquids were the same as or similar to those used to describe weight measurements of solids [33] (for example, the pound by weight and the fluid pint were both referred to ...

  4. Minim (unit) - Wikipedia

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    The minim (abbreviated min, ♏︎ or ♍︎) is a unit of volume in both the imperial and U.S. customary systems of measurement. Specifically, in the imperial system, it is 1 ⁄ 60 of an imperial fluid drachm [1] [2] or 1 ⁄ 480 of an imperial fluid ounce; in the U.S. customary system, it is 1 ⁄ 60 of a US customary fluid dram or 1 ⁄ 480 of a US customary fluid ounce.

  5. Cooking weights and measures - Wikipedia

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    Pinch (⁠ 1 / 2 ⁠ salt spoon [30] or ⁠ 1 / 4 ⁠ teaspoon: an amount of space that can accommodate 15 minims (⁠ 1 / 4 ⁠ fluid drachm or ⁠ 1 / 32 ⁠ fluid ounce) of liquid), if it is a dry ingredient; Drop (1 minim, [34] ⁠ 1 / 60 ⁠ fluid drachm, or ⁠ 1 / 480 ⁠ fluid ounce), if it is a liquid

  6. English units - Wikipedia

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    1963 c. 31 — Weights and Measures Act 1963 abolished the chaldron of coal, the fluid drachm and minim (effective 1 February 1971), discontinued the use of the quarter, abolished the use of the bushel and peck, and abolished the pennyweight (from 31 January 1969).

  7. Outline of fluid dynamics - Wikipedia

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    The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to fluid dynamics: . In physics, physical chemistry and engineering, fluid dynamics is a subdiscipline of fluid mechanics that describes the flow of fluids – liquids and gases.

  8. Drop (unit) - Wikipedia

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    In the United Kingdom, subsequent to the adoption of the minim and the creation of the British imperial system of units in the 1820s, a drop is defined as 1 British imperial minim, [3] the equivalence of ⁠ 1 / 60 ⁠ of a British imperial fluid drachm or ⁠ 1 / 480 ⁠ of a British imperial fluid ounce.

  9. Talk:Dram (unit) - Wikipedia

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    Also, do we have a reliable source to connect the drachm monetary unit to the other units? I'm not sure one article covering all of these is the best way to go. -- cmh 23:42, 26 August 2006 (UTC) dram refers to the unit of 1/16 oz avoirdepois 27.34375 grains troy, drachm refers to the unit of 1/8 oz apothecaries (60 grains troy).