2007-09-23 23:53:37 · 10 answers · asked by Micheal M 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
It's a measure of weight. 16 oz = 1lb. 14 lbs = 1 stone. 4 stone = 1 Quarter. 4 quarters = one hundredweight. 16 hundredweights = one ton.
2007-09-23 23:59:34 · answer #1 · answered by chris n 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
A stone is a measure of weight; nowadays it's only ever used to weigh people, and it is equivalent to 14 pounds.
2007-09-24 00:18:15 · answer #2 · answered by GrahamH 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
14 pounds to the stone. That is one of the reasons that people have abandoned the irrational Imperial and American system of weights and measures. Now how much does a bushel weigh? How many gallons or whatevers in a barrel of oil?
2007-09-24 00:05:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A stone is 14 pounds. It's just how the English weigh themselves.
2007-09-23 23:59:53 · answer #4 · answered by No Name 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
stone was also a measure of weight once.
2007-09-23 23:59:57 · answer #5 · answered by jimmybond 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a measure of weight. Look it up.
2007-09-24 00:01:52 · answer #6 · answered by elaeblue 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a scaled measurement for weight, like Kilo-grammes.
2007-09-24 04:14:15 · answer #7 · answered by Ian M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it IS a measurement of weight.
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2007-09-24 00:02:22 · answer #8 · answered by SW 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
One stone is more or less equivalent to six kilos.
2007-09-24 01:34:45 · answer #9 · answered by WISE OWL 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
it is either 14 or 16 lbs.
2007-09-23 23:59:05 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋