Eighth

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Eighth was an English measure of weight and was an eighth of the jewel carat . In the Lesser Antilles , which were all under British administration ( Anguilla , Barbados , Barbuda , Dominica , Grenada , Montserrat , Nevis , St. Kitts , St. Lucia , St. Vincent , Tobago , Tortola , Trinidad , Virgin ), the proportions were

  • 1 carat = 2 grains = 8 eighths = 0.2053 grams
  • 1 eighth = 0.025663 grams

literature

  • Gustav Wagner, Friedrich Anton Strackerjan: Compendium of the coin, measure, weight and exchange rate relationships of all states and trading cities on earth. BG Teubner, Leipzig 1855, pp. 22, 255.