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Why are the weights 'stones' and 'pounds' so called?
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But why are they called pounds and stones?
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The origins of the stone lie with the Babylonians who are believed to be the first to standardise weights and measures using stones as a measure for larger weights (grains of wheat/barley for smaller weights and carob seeds for precious stones - hence carat). Pound comes fom the latin word pundus, meaning weight. Just to confuse matters, a stone of wool used to be 16 pounds and a stone as used by butchers and fishmongers used to be 8 pounds!
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