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  2. Stone (unit) - Wikipedia

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    The stone remains widely used in the United Kingdom and Ireland for human body weight: in those countries people may commonly be said to weigh, e.g., "11 stone 4" (11 stones and 4 pounds), rather than "72 kilograms" as in most of the other countries, or "158 pounds", the conventional way of expressing the same weight in the US and in Canada. [38]

  3. List of conversion factors - Wikipedia

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    See Weight for detail of mass/weight distinction and ... ≈ 14.593 903 kg: stone: st ≡ 14 lb av = 6.350 293 18 kg: ... Ratio of the speed to the speed of sound ...

  4. Armourstone - Wikipedia

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    Armourstone is a generic term for broken stone with stone masses between 100 and 10,000 kilograms (220 and 22,050 lb) (very coarse aggregate) that is suitable for use in hydraulic engineering. Dimensions and characteristics for armourstone are laid down in European Standard EN13383. [ 1 ]

  5. Historical Russian units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    Ratio Metric value English value; ... 163.807 kg 361.206 lb (25.8 stone) ... The Imperial Russian apothecaries' weight was defined by setting the grain ...

  6. Specific strength - Wikipedia

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    It is also known as the strength-to-weight ratio or strength/weight ratio or strength-to-mass ratio. In fiber or textile applications, tenacity is the usual measure of specific strength. The SI unit for specific strength is Pa ⋅ m 3 / kg , or N ⋅m/kg, which is dimensionally equivalent to m 2 /s 2 , though the latter form is rarely used.

  7. Mass versus weight - Wikipedia

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    Usually, the relationship between mass and weight on Earth is highly proportional; objects that are a hundred times more massive than a one-liter bottle of soda almost always weigh a hundred times more—approximately 1,000 newtons, which is the weight one would expect on Earth from an object with a mass slightly greater than 100 kilograms.

  8. Lifting stone - Wikipedia

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    Among other known ancient Irish stones are the Aughrim Graveyard Stone which weighs 115 kg (254 lb) and meant to be shouldered, the Faha Stones which are a pair weighing 162 kg (357 lb) and 112 kg (247 lb), and the 215 kg (474 lb) Flag of Denn, which is a heavy, almost perfectly rectangular stone associated with strong men of the parish who ...

  9. List of World Records and feats of strength by Hafþór Júlíus ...

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    Atlas stone overhead press – 115 kg (254 lb) x 4 reps (unofficial world record) [187] Natural stone to shoulder – 194 kg (428 lb) [196] Natural stone overhead press – 155 kg (342 lb) (unofficial world record) [197] → Hafþór has also pressed a 137 kg (302 lb) stone and a 144 kg (317 lb) stone, back to back [198]