The origin of Carat

The term Carat comes from the Carob seed, which was used to measure weight because all the seeds were uniform in mass. When slight differences in the weights of the seeds were discovered, the average weight of all the seeds from several trees was taken, which turned out to be 197 milligrams, and then was rounded up to 200 milligrams, which is where the modern measurement comes from!

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