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apothecaries' system

historical system of mass and volume units that were used by physicians and apothecaries for medical recipes
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apothecaries' system

Summary

apothecaries' system is an obsolete system of measurement[1]. It draws 149 Wikipedia views per month (obsolete_system_of_measurement category, ranking #1 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • apothecaries' system's instance of is recorded as obsolete system of measurement[3].
  • apothecaries' system's part of is recorded as Russian system of units[4].
  • apothecaries' system's has part is recorded as grain[5].
  • apothecaries' system's has part is recorded as scruple[6].
  • apothecaries' system's has part is recorded as apothecaries' drachm[7].
  • apothecaries' system's has part is recorded as troy ounce[8].
  • apothecaries' system's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04gtzg[9].
  • apothecaries' system's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • apothecaries' system's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • apothecaries' system's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedic Lexicon[12].
  • apothecaries' system's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[13].
  • apothecaries' system's World of Physics ID is recorded as ApothecariesSystemofWeights[14].
  • apothecaries' system's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 8293153[15].
  • apothecaries' system's ProofWiki ID is recorded as Definition:Apothecaries'_Weights_and_Measures[16].
  • apothecaries' system's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C8293153[17].
  • apothecaries' system's Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID is recorded as aptekarskii-ves-a0e81d[18].
  • apothecaries' system's museum-digital tag ID is recorded as 14776[19].

Why It Matters

apothecaries' system draws 149 Wikipedia views per month (obsolete_system_of_measurement category, ranking #1 of 3).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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