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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 ...
The Húsafell Stone. The Húsafell Stone is a legendary lifting stone weighing 186 kg (410 lb) [1] located in a west country farming estate in Húsafell, Iceland about 132 km (82 mi) northeast of Reykjavík. [1] The slightly triangular, slab shaped stone is kept at a sheep and goat pen built from natural stones by Reverend Snorri Björnsson ...
The long or imperial hundredweight of 8 stone or 112 pounds (50.80 kg) is defined in the British imperial system. [2] Under both conventions, there are 20 hundredweight in a ton, producing a "short ton" of 2,000 pounds (907.2 kg) and a "long ton" of 2,240 pounds (1,016 kg).
Among other known ancient Irish stones are Aughrim Graveyard Stone which weighs 115 kg (254 lb) and meant to be shouldered, 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 perfectly rectangular stone associated with strong men of the parish who challenged each ...
The stones are composed of granite, with iron rings affixed. They have a combined weight of 733 lb (332 + 1 ⁄ 2 kg), with the larger stone weighing 414.5 lb (188 kg) and the smaller stone weighing 318.5 lb (144 + 1 ⁄ 2 kg). [2] The stones were reportedly selected in the 1830s as counterweights for use in maintaining the Potarch Bridge. [1]
The Bahia Emerald is one of the largest emeralds and contains the largest single shard ever found. The stone, weighing approximately 752 lb (341 kg) [1] (approximately 1,700,000 carats) originated from Bahia, Brazil, by Ken Conetto and its emerald crystals embedded in black schist. It narrowly escaped flooding during Hurricane Katrina in 2005 ...
The long ton, [1] also known as the imperial ton or displacement ton, [1][2] is a measurement unit equal to 2,240 pounds (1,016.0 kg). It is the name for the unit called the "ton" in the avoirdupois system of weights or Imperial system of measurements. It was standardised in the 13th century. It is used in the United States for bulk commodities.
The weights are in denominations of 7 pounds (corresponding to a unit known as the clip or wool-clip), 14 pounds (stone), 56 pounds (4 stone) and 91 pounds (1 ⁄ 4 sack or woolsack). [ 17 ] [ 18 ] The 91-pound weight is thought to have been commissioned by Edward III in conjunction with the statute of 1350, while the other weights are thought ...