Document: Stone (unit)

Question: where do they use stones to measure weight
Answer: England and other Germanic - speaking countries of northern Europe formerly used various standardised `` stones '' for trade, with their values ranging from about 5 to 40 local pounds ( roughly 3 to 15 kg ) depending on the location and objects weighed. The United Kingdom 's imperial system adopted the wool stone of 14 pounds in 1835. With the advent of metrication, Europe 's various `` stones '' were superseded by or adapted to the kilogram from the mid-19th century on. The stone continues in customary use in Britain and Ireland used for measuring body weight, but was prohibited for commercial use in the UK by the Weights and Measures Act of 1985.

Question: what is 1 stone equal to in pounds
Short answer: 14 pounds (
Answer: The stone or stone weight ( abbreviation: st. ) is an English and imperial unit of mass now equal to 14 pounds ( 6.35029318 kg ).

Question: how much is a stone in the uk
Short answer: 14 pounds (
Answer: The stone or stone weight ( abbreviation: st. ) is an English and imperial unit of mass now equal to 14 pounds ( 6.35029318 kg ).

Question: where does the weight measurement stone come from
Short answer: the use of stones for weights,
Answer: The name `` stone '' derives from the use of stones for weights, a practice that dates back into antiquity. The Biblical law against the carrying of `` diverse weights, a large and a small '' is more literally translated as `` you shall not carry a stone and a stone ( אבן ואבן ), a large and a small ''. There was no standardised `` stone '' in the ancient Jewish world, but in Roman times stone weights were crafted to multiples of the Roman pound. Such weights varied in quality: the Yale Medical Library holds 10 and 50 - pound examples of polished serpentine, while a 40 - pound example at the Eschborn Museum ( see right ) is made of sandstone.

Question: how much is a stone in american weight
Short answer: 14 pounds (
Answer: The stone or stone weight ( abbreviation: st. ) is an English and imperial unit of mass now equal to 14 pounds ( 6.35029318 kg ).

Question: what do the british use to measure weight
Short answer: stone remains
Answer: The stone remains widely used in the UK 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 many other countries, or `` 158 pounds '' ( the conventional way of expressing the same weight in the US ). The correct plural form of stone in this context is stone ( as in, `` 11 stone '' or `` 12 stone 6 pounds '' ); in other contexts, the correct plural is stones ( as in, `` Please enter your weight in stones and pounds '' ). In Australia and New Zealand, metrication has almost entirely displaced stone and pounds since the 1970s.

Question: how much is a british stone in weight
Short answer: 14 pounds ( 6.35029318 kg ).
Answer: The stone or stone weight ( abbreviation: st. ) is an English and imperial unit of mass now equal to 14 pounds ( 6.35029318 kg ).

Question: how many kilos is 9 stone 3 pounds
Answer: Pounds Unit Stone kg 1 pound ​ ⁄ 0.4536 14 1 stone 6.350 28 1 quarter 12.70 112 1 hundredweight 8 50.80 2240 1 ( long ) ton 160 1016