[MR] period measurement

[Susan Tillery]

I don't but I found this.

   The U K (Imperial) System of Measurements
http://www.ex.ac.uk/cimt/dictunit/dictunit.htm

	Length			      	            Area
   12 inches   = 1 foot			 144 sq. inches = 1 square foot
    3 feet     = 1 yard			   9 sq. feet   = 1 square yard
   22 yards    = 1 chain			4840 sq. yards  = 1 acre
   10 chains   = 1 furlong		 640 acres      = 1 square mile
    8 furlongs = 1 mile
5280 feet     = 1 mile
1760 yards    = 1 mile				Capacity
					20 fluid ounces = 1 pint
	Volume			         4 gills        = 1 pint
1728 cu. inches = 1 cubic foot		 2 pints        = 1 quart
   27 cu. feet   = 1 cubic yard		 4 quarts       = 1 gallon (8 pints)

	Mass (Avoirdupois)
437.5 grains = 1 ounce				Troy Weights
  16 ounces   = 1 pound (7000 grains)	24 grains        = 1 pennyweight
  14 pounds   = 1 stone			20 pennyweights  = 1 ounce (480 grains)
   8 stones   = 1 hundredweight [cwt]	12 ounces        = 1 pound (5760 
grains)
  20 cwt      = 1 ton (2240 pounds)

       Apothecaries' Measures	          Apothecaries' Weights
  20 minims      = 1 fl.scruple		20 grains   = 1 scruple
   3 fl.scruples = 1 fl.drachm		 3 scruples = 1 drachm
   8 fl.drachms  = 1 fl.ounce		 8 drachms  = 1 ounce (480 grains)
  20 fl.ounces   = 1 pint		12 ounces   = 1 pound (5760 grains)

AEla


Jennifer Dobyns wrote:

> Greetings!
> 
> Does anyone know what quantity the period measurement of a "scruple"  
> would be?
> 
> Genevieve