O que é um hundredweight?
A hundredweight, abbreviated as cwt, is a unit of weight commonly used in the imperial system of measurement.
There are two variations on hundredweights; the long hundredweight primarily used in the United Kingdom and the short hundredweight used in the United States.
In the imperial system, a long hundredweight is equal to 112 pounds or approximately 50.8 kilograms. The term "hundredweight" is derived from the fact that it originally represented the weight of 100 pounds of a particular commodity.
The short hundredweight is equal to 100 pounds or 45.35 kilograms.
O que é um carat?
Um quilate métrico equivale a 200 miligramas (0,2 gramas), a unidade em que se pesam pedras preciosas e pérolas. O quilate que mede a pureza do ouro, escrito com K em inglês (karat), é outra coisa.