Balance & weights
Equipment, Magical/alchemical equipment
A scale set for measuring out ingredients.
From the book
A set of scales for weighing out ingredients, costing 25 G.P.
Alchemical recipes in the book are measured in the old apothecary units: 20 grains make a scruple, 3 scruples a dram, 8 drams an ounce, and 12 ounces a pound. Weighing devices are among the fittings of any fully equipped laboratory.
At a glance
- Use
- Scales for weighing ingredients
- Cost
- 25 G.P.
- Apothecary weights
- 20 grains = 1 scruple; 3 scruples = 1 dram; 8 drams = 1 oz.; 12 oz. = 1 lb.