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Jewels are weighed in units of measurement called carats. But the weights are still called weights.
meters is a measurement of length, not wieght.
A web site called "Online Conversion."
Robert U. Bonnar has written: 'Number-average molecular weights' -- subject(s): Measurement, Molecular weights
Weight is the measurement of how much gravity is pulling down on something, and volume is the measurement of how much an object can hold.
Weights and measures were among the earliest tools invented by man.
The history of measurement were evident by the excavations made at the Indus valley sites. The inhabitants developed a sophisticated procedure of standardization, with the use of weights and measures between 3000 to 1500 BC.
Lindsay Benjamin has written: 'Measurement Action! (Yellow Umbrella Books: Math)' 'Measurement action!' -- subject(s): Juvenile literature, Metric system, Weights and measures
Weight is measured in kg wt which equals to g newtons. g - acceleration due to gravity at that place.
The English used to use actual stones as weights to place in balances to weigh large quantities of materials.
According to LoveToKnow.com -- "In 1907, the Fourth General Conference on Weights and Measures - an international organization responsible for metric measurement standardization consisting today of more than 70 member nations - adopted the carat as the official metric measurement for gemstone weights." This standard was adopted, because the previous standard -- carob seeds -- were not predictably standard or uniform.