Weight

How heavy an object or substance is, depends on its relative density. Lead and gold are dense and are therefore heavy, wax and wood are less dense and therefore not as heavy.

Metric Weights

• 1,000 milligrams = 1 gram
• 1,000 grams = 1 kilogram
• 1,000 kilograms = 1 tonne (metric ton)

Other imperial weight abbreviations:

• Drachm = drc
• Quarter = qrt
• Hundredweight = cwt

Imperial Weights

• 16 drams = 1 ounce
• 16 ounces = 1 pound
• 7 pounds = 1 clove
• 14 pounds = 1 stone
• 28 pounds = 1 tod
• 112 pounds = 1 hundredweight
• 364 pounds = 1 sack
• 2240 pounds = 1 ton
• 2 stones = 1 quarter
• 4 quarters = 1 hundredweight
• 20 hundredweight = 1 ton