Companion to the latest edition of the British Pharmacopoeia : comparing the strength of its various preparations with those of the United States, and other foreign pharmacopoeias : to which are added non-official preparations, and practical hints on prescribing / by Peter Squire assisted by his sons Peter Wyatt Squire and Alfred Herbert Squire.

  • Squire, Alfred Herbert.
Date:
1877
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Credit: Companion to the latest edition of the British Pharmacopoeia : comparing the strength of its various preparations with those of the United States, and other foreign pharmacopoeias : to which are added non-official preparations, and practical hints on prescribing / by Peter Squire assisted by his sons Peter Wyatt Squire and Alfred Herbert Squire. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    TABLE OF COMPARISON OF THE FAHRENHEIT WITH THE CENTIGRADE * and Reaumur’s thermometer. Fahr. Cent. Reau. Fain-. Cent. Reau. Fahr. Cent. Reau. 212 100 80 136-4 58 46-4 608 16 12-8 210-2 99 79-2 134-6 57 45-6 59 15 12 208-4, 98 78-4 132-8 56 44-8 572 14 U-2 206-6 97 77-6 131 55 44 55-4 13 10-4 204-8 96 76-8 129-2 54 43-2 53-6 12 9-6 203 95 76 127-4 53 42-4 51-8 11 8-8 201-2 94 75-2 1256 52 41-6 50 10 8 199-4 93 74-4 123-8 51 40-8 48-2 9 7-2 197-6 92 73-6 122 50 40 46-4 8 6'4 195-8 91 72-8 1202 49 39-2 44-6 7 5-6 194 90 72 118-4 48 38-4 42-8 6 4-8 192-2 89 71-2 116-6 47 376 41 5 4 190-4 88 70-4 114-8 46 368 39-2 4 3-2 188-6 87 69-6 113 45 36 374 3 2-4 186-8 86 68-8 111-2 44 35-2 35-6 2 1-6 185 85 68 109-4 43 344 33-8 1 0 183-2 84 67-2 107-6 42 33-6 32 0 - 0-8 181-4 83 66-4 1058 41 32-8 30-2 - 1 - 0-8 179-6 82 65-6 104 40 32 28-4 - 2 - 1-6 177-8 81 648 102-2 39 31-2 26-6 - 3 - 2-4 176 80 64 100-4 38 30-4 24-8 - 4 - 3-2 1742 79 63-2 986 37 29-6 23 - 5 - 4 172-4 78 62-4 96-8 36 28-8 21-2 - 6 - 4-8 170-6 77 61-6 95 35 28 19-4 - 7 - 5-6 168-8 76 608 93-2 34 27-2 17-6 - 8 — 6'4 167 75 60 91-4 33 26-4 15-8 - 9 - 7-2 165-2 74 59-2 89-6 32 25-6 14 -10 - 8 163-4 73 58-4 87-8 31 24-8 12-2 -11 - 8-8 161-6 72 57-6 86 30 24 10-4 -12 - 9-6 159-8 71 56-8 84-2 29 23-2 8-6 -13 -10-4 158 70 56 82-4 28 22-4 68 -14 -11-2 156-2 69 55'2 80-6 27 21-6 5 -15 -12 154-4 68 54’4 78-8 26 20-8 3-2 -16 -12-8 152-6 67 53-6 77 25 20 1-4 -17 -13-6 150-8 66 52-8 75-2 24 19-2 - 0-4 -18 —14.4 149 65 52 73-4 23 18-4 - 2-2 -19 -15-2 147-2 64 51-2 71-6 22 17-6 - 4 -20 -16 145-4 63 50-4 69-8 21 16-8 - 5-8 -21 -16-8 143-6 62 49-6 68 20 16 - 76 -22 -17-6 141-8 61 48-8 66-2 19 15-2 - 9-4 -23 -18-4 140 60 48 64-4 18 14-4 -11-2 -24 -19-2 138-2 59 47-2 62-6 17 136 -13 -25 -20 Reductions from one scale to another are easily made by the following formula: — Fahrenheit to Centigrade £ (F.°—32) = C.° Centigrade to Fahrenheit f C.° + 32° = F.° Reaumur to Fahrenheit \ R.° + 32 = F.° * Celsius first proposed this scale, which is also called “ Celsius.”