Grain (unit)
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grain-unit-175-12078590
title:
Grain (unit)
text:
A grain is a unit of measurement of mass, and in the troy weight, avoirdupois, and apothecaries' systems, equal to exactly 64.79891 milligrams. It is nominally based upon the mass of a single ideal seed of a cereal. From the Bronze Age into the Renaissance, the average masses of wheat and barley grains were part of the legal definitions of units of mass. Expressions such as "thirty-two grains of wheat, taken from the middle of the ear" appear to have been ritualistic formulas. Another source sta
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wiki
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encyclopedia
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Unit of mass
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grain_(unit)
date created:
2003-01-16T22:58:05Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T04:48:35Z
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