Weight Calculator

Weight Calculator

This calculator allows you to convert data between the commonly used weight and mass units of measurement.

Why do we have so many different methods of weighing ourselves?

The Greeks and the Babylonians both used the exact weight measurement, but the Romans altered it somewhat. The uncia was the primary unit of weight used by the Romans, derived from the English term ounce. In Latin, the uncia is a twelfth of the ‘pes,’ which is the Roman ‘foot.’ Our term inch is also derived from the ‘uncia,’ which means twelve. The Romans used the same term for ounce that the Arabs did, and they measured it using a system that they learned from them.
According to the Arabs, a silver Dirhem was equal to 45 full-grown barley grains. An ounce of 450 grains was formed by ten Dirhems, which we call an ounce from the Latin “uncia,” which means twelfth, and which is used generically to refer to a class of weight or volume this size.
This unit of measurement has been passed down to us as part of the British Imperial System of Weights and Measures, which is also used in the United States of America. This system of units was initially specified in the British Weights and Measures Act of 1824, and it has since been revised and decreased many times. The whole British Empire officially adopted the method.
The Houses of Parliament in London, where the standards for these weights were stored, was destroyed by fire in 1855. At that time, a standards bureau was established with prototypes for the imperial system in place.
Metric weights, on the other hand, have a different background. Metric weights, such as the gram and the kilogram, were invented by scientists in France in the 18 th century. The metric system was introduced into France by the French government in 1791, and it is now widely used across Continental Europe and many other regions of the globe.
It was not widely accepted in revolutionary France, and it was abolished by Emperor Napoleon, who ascended to the throne shortly after the Revolution. Nevertheless, once Napoleon was deposed, the system was revived.
The kilogram is equal to the weight of one liter of liquid. A gram is one-thousandth of a kilogram or one-thousandth of a kilogram. There are no powers of ten in any of the multiples and submultiples of the basic units. In contrast to the typical practice for fractions of inches, fractional units are tenths rather than halves, and derived units are connected to the base units by multiples of powers of ten rather than by multiples of twelve, as is the case with twelve inches producing afoot. All units are based on multiples of 10, making converting from one unit to another relatively simple.

Here are some examples of common metric conversions:

• One milliliter of water has a mass of about one gram, according to standard measurements.
• It is the same volume as one cubic centimeter in one milliliter. In this case, the mass of 1 litre of water is about 1 kilogram of water mass.
• Because one cubic meter of water contains 1000 litres, the mass of one cubic meter of water is about 1000 kilograms or one metric tonne.
• A nickel in the United States weighs 5 grams, whereas a penny weighs 2.5 grams.
• Although there is no specific regulation for doorknob heights, they are typically around 1 meter above the floor on most floors.
• A CD or DVD measures 12 cm (120 millimeters) in width and height. In the middle, there is a hole that is 15 millimeters in diameter.
• Approximately 10,000 square meters make up a hectare, equal to the size of a square 100 meters on each side. A football field is around 100 meters long; therefore, picture a square with each side being the length of a football field, which equals 1 hectare.