I've pretty much worked out the rest of the imperial system, but this one has me stumped.
2006-06-30 03:51:59 · 8 answers · asked by ghostbreeder 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
in a boulder obvious but if your looking for it exactly i really don't know
2006-06-30 03:56:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The best I can tell you is that it was a part of the system of weights in England in the 14th century. Other units of the day included the tod and clove. Interestingly enough, the weight of one stone varied depending upon what was being weighed. For example a stone of hemp or cotton was nearly 28 lbs.
2006-06-30 04:06:14 · answer #2 · answered by 321contact 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Basically there are 20 hundredweights in a ton (2240lbs).
4 quarters to a hundredweight (112lbs)
2 stones to a quarter (28lbs)
and thus 14lbs to a stone.
2006-06-30 04:01:00 · answer #3 · answered by k² 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i do belive that the number 7 is a religous number.
eg days have seven, newton belived that there where 7 primary colors.
perhaps stone was lbs by a multiple of seven for the same reason
why it is 2 sevens i do not know
2006-07-03 10:27:08 · answer #4 · answered by kevin h 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a stone is 14lbs (~6kg). I first encountered it in english literature, and then on a physics test (convert the force from question 3 from SI units to Stone Furlongs/Fortnight^2)
BMI Calculator (Imperial - 1 stone = 14lbs)
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2006-06-30 06:25:11 · answer #5 · answered by yason 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because Richard The Lion-Hearted said so. And in those days, the king's word was law.
2006-06-30 03:56:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
stone is a unit of mass. pound is a unit of force, specifically weight, which is the force of gravity acting on [read "multiplied by"] mass.
2006-06-30 03:59:02 · answer #7 · answered by bequalming 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my stones weigh less than that.
2006-06-30 03:57:10 · answer #8 · answered by greencaddyman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋