The dram is a traditional unit of weight or volume, depending on context:
In weight (avoirdupois system): 1 dram ≈ 1.772 grams
In volume (apothecaries’ system): 1 fluid dram ≈ 3.696 milliliters (mL)
Used historically in medicine and pharmacy for measuring small quantities of substances.
Summary:
Weight dram ≈ 1.772 g
Fluid dram ≈ 3.696 mL
Common in pharmaceutical and historical contexts
The acre-inch is a unit of volume used primarily in agriculture and water management.
It represents the volume of water that would cover one acre of land to a depth of one inch.
1 acre-inch = 1/12 of an acre-foot ≈ 3,630 cubic feet ≈ 102,790 liters
Used to measure smaller water volumes than the acre-foot
Common in irrigation and water resource planning
Equal to the volume covering one acre to a depth of one inch
No conversions available for volume.