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A sack of coal was 16 stone, or 224 pounds (102 kg), while the weight of a sack of wool depended on who was selling it. A sack of grower's wool was 3 + 1 ⁄ 4 hundredweight or 364 pounds (165 kg), whereas a sack of dealer's wool was considerably lighter, at 240 pounds (109 kg). [11]
The stone or stone weight (abbreviation: st.) [1] is an English and British imperial unit of mass equal to 14 avoirdupois pounds (6.35 kg). [nb 1] The stone continues in customary use in the United Kingdom and Ireland for body weight. England and other Germanic-speaking countries of Northern Europe formerly used various standardised "stones ...
1 oz = 16 dr = 437.5 grains Pound (lb) ≈453.6 g: 1 lb = 16 oz = 7000 grains ('lb' is an abbreviation for the Ancient Roman unit libra) Stone (st) 6.35 kg: 1 st = 14 lb (see Stone (unit) for other values) Quarter (qr) 12.7 kg: 1 qr = 1 ⁄ 4 cwt, or 2 st, or 28 lb Hundredweight (cwt) 50.8 kg: 1 cwt = 112 lb, or 8 st Ton: 1.016 tonne: 1 ton ...
|weight=1 kilogram → 1 kg (2 lb) |weight=108 kg. → 108 kg (238 lb) |weight=111kilograms → 111 kg (245 lb) |weight=108 kgs. → 108 kg (238 lb) Pounds: |weight=1 pound → 1 lb (0 kg) |weight=200 lb. → 200 lb (91 kg) |weight=245pounds → 245 lb (111 kg) |weight=238 lbs. → 238 lb (108 kg) Stone: |weight=1 stone → 1 st (14 ...
1.0 short cwt (100 lb; 45 kg) long quarter: long qtr long qtr 1.0 long qtr (28 lb; 13 kg) short quarter: short qtr short qtr 1.0 short qtr (25 lb; 11 kg) stone: st st 14 lb used mostly in the British Commonwealth except Canada 1.0 st (14 lb; 6.4 kg) st kg. st kg lb; st lb. st lb kg; pound: lb lb 1.0 lb (0.45 kg) lb kg. lb kg st; lb st. lb st kg ...
This template is intended to allow entry of imperial weights (Avoirdupois), measured in tons, hundredweights, quarters and/or pounds (ton, cwt, qr and/or lb) and provide a conversion into pounds and into tonnes (metric tons) or kilograms (if the first parameter is blank or zero).
A dram is 1 ⁄ 16 of an ounce ounce (oz) 1 ⁄ 16: 28.349 523 125 g: An ounce is 1 ⁄ 16 of a pound pound (lb) 1 0.453 592 37 kg: Defined by the Units of Measurement Regulations 1994 (SI 1994/2867) [33] stone (st) 14 6.350 293 18 kg: The plural stone is often used when providing a weight (e.g. "this sack weighs 8 stone"). [34]
Related units include the picul, equal to 100 catties, and the tael, which is 1 ⁄ 16 of a catty. A stone is a former unit used in Hong Kong equal to 120 catties and a gwan ( 鈞 ) is 30 catties. Catty or kati is still used in Southeast Asia as a unit of measurement in some contexts especially by the significant Overseas Chinese populations ...