Grain and carat. What did it all start from?
Since old times, jewelers and apothecaries used in their practice "botanical weights", which necessarily included the grain and carat. For example, the weight of a grain was equal to the weight of a single grain, usually barley.
Since old times, jewelers and apothecaries used in their practice "botanical weights", which necessarily included the grain and carat. For example, the weight of a grain was equal to the weight of a single grain, usually barley.
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Weights and measures of India -
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Balance weights of Ancient Anatolia -
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Weights of Ancient Scandinavia