8 pounds 2 oz minus 5 oz = 7 pounds 14 ounces.
(114 pounds 2 oz) - (109 pounds 8 oz) = 4 pounds 10 oz
No. 2 lbs and 14 oz. is correct.
2 lb 9 oz1 lb 12 oz--------------3 lb 21 oz = 4 lb 5 oz
15 lbs. of Best powder's bark 10 lbs. Epsom or Glauber Salts 4 oz. Calomel 12 oz. Opium 1.5 oz. Tartar emetic 8 oz. Borax 4 oz. Powdered Ipecacuana 8 oz. Powder Jalap 8 oz. Powdered Rhubarb 6 Best lancets 2 oz. White vitriol 4 oz. Lacteaum Saturni 4 Pewter Penis syringes 1 Flour of Sulphur 3 Clyster pipes 4 oz. Turlingtons Balsam 2 lbs. Yellow Bascilium 2 Sticks of Symple Diachylon 1 lb. Blistering Ointments 2 lbs. Nitre 2 lbs. Coperas
15 lbs. of Best powder's bark 10 lbs. Epsom or Glauber Salts 4 oz. Calomel 12 oz. Opium 1.5 oz. Tartar emetic 8 oz. Borax 4 oz. Powdered Ipecacuana 8 oz. Powder Jalap 8 oz. Powdered Rhubarb 6 Best lancets 2 oz. White vitriol 4 oz. Lacteaum Saturni 4 Pewter Penis syringes 1 Flour of Sulphur 3 Clyster pipes 4 oz. Turlingtons Balsam 2 lbs. Yellow Bascilium 2 Sticks of Symple Diachylon 1 lb. Blistering Ointments 2 lbs. Nitre 2 lbs. Coperas
20 oz = 1 lbs and 4 oz (or 1.25 lbs)
1 pound (lbs) = 16 ounces7 lbs 6 oz + 4 lbs 10 oz = 12 lbs
Here's a list of the medicines that Lewis gathered together for the trip: 15 lbs. of Best powder's bark 10 lbs. Epsom or Glauber Salts 4 oz. Calomel 12 oz. Opium 1.5 oz. Tartar emetic 8 oz. Borax 4 oz. Powdered Ipecacuana 8 oz. Powder Jalap 8 oz. Powdered Rhubarb 6 Best lancets 2 oz. White vitriol 4 oz. Lacteaum Saturni 4 Pewter Penis syringes (in case of any venereal diseases) 1 Flour of Sulphur 3 Clyster pipes 4 oz. Turlingtons Balsam 2 lbs. Yellow Bascilium 2 Sticks of Symple Diachylon 1 lb. Blistering Ointments 2 lbs. Nitre 2 lbs. Coperas
No 4 lbs is greater than 40 oz
There are 16 oz in a lb, so 9lb 2oz makes ((9*16)= 144+2) = 146ozand 4lb 7oz makes ((4*16)=64+7) = 71oz146-71 = 75 oz which is = 4lb and 11oz
4 lbs. is 64 oz. heavier by 2 oz.