How heavy is 3,000 pennyweights?
It's about thirteen times as heavy as a Can of Soup
The weight of a Can of Soup is about 230 pennyweights.
(for Campbell''s Condensed Tomato Soup, 317.9 ml)
A can of Campbell''s Tomato Soup weighs 230 pennyweights. Cans have been used to store soup and other foods since their invention in 1913, but a dedicated can opener was not developed until cans began to use thinner materials — prior to that time, cans were usually opened using various blunt instruments and tools.
It's about fifteen times as heavy as a Human Heart
The weight of a Human Heart is about 200 pennyweights.
(human; adult)
The average human heart weighs about 200 pennyweights. Each minute, the heart pumps between 10 and 20 liters (3 to 5 gallons) of blood through its chambers.
It's about one-fifteenth as heavy as a Beer Keg
The weight of a Beer Keg is about 46,810 pennyweights.
(for US half-barrel, full keg; draft beer; including keg itself, stainless steel)
A typical, half-barrel beer keg weighs 46,810 pennyweights when full. A keg of this size contains 15.5 gallons of beer, or the equivalent of 6.8 cases.
It's about one-twentieth as heavy as a Kangaroo
The weight of a Kangaroo is about 55,000 pennyweights.
(for red kangaroo, Macropus rufus) (adult, male)
An adult, male red kangaroo weighs up to 55,000 pennyweights. Fantastic jumpers, red kangaroos can leap horizontally 9 m (30 ft) and vertically 3 m (9 ft) in a single bound.
It's about twenty times as heavy as a Hamster
The weight of a Hamster is about 100 pennyweights.
(for Syrian hamster, a.k.a. golden hamster, a.k.a. Mesocricetus auratus; adult)
An adult Syrian hamster has a typical weight of about 100 pennyweights. Known for transporting food in the pouches of their cheeks so that they can bury it later, some hamsters can store up to 20,000 pennyweights of food in their borrows.
It's about thirty times as heavy as a Billiard Ball
The weight of a Billiard Ball is about 104.817708333330 pennyweights.
(American-style, WPA specifications)
Per the World Pool-Billiard Association, a billiard ball weight must weigh between 100.260416666670 pennyweights and 109.3750 pennyweights. According to legend, the difficulty in obtaining elephant ivory for the manufacture of billiard balls in the 19th century inspired the search for a replacement material, which led to the development of the first industrial plastic.
It's about thirty times as heavy as a Hockey Puck
The weight of a Hockey Puck is about 104.817708333330 pennyweights.
(Ice hockey)
A standard ice hockey puck weighs between 100.260416666670 pennyweights and 109.3750 pennyweights. Hockey pucks can be shot or passed at speeds of up to 160 kph (99 mph) during games.
It's about thirty times as heavy as a Baseball
The weight of a Baseball is about 93.4244791666670 pennyweights.
(MLB rules)
Per Major League Baseball rules, a baseball must weigh between 91.1458333333330 pennyweights and 95.7031250 pennyweights. A major league pitcher can throw a baseball at up to 150 kph (91 mph) (with a fastball pitch), with record-setting pitches as fast as 171 kph (106 mph).
It's about one-thirtieth as heavy as a Panda Bear
The weight of a Panda Bear is about 96,000 pennyweights.
(a.k.a. Giant Panda, Ailuropoda melanoleuca)(Adult, male)
An adult, male Giant Panda weighs up to 96,000 pennyweights. Despite having the digestive system of a carnivore, the panda eats only bamboo and must eat up to 4,100 pennyweights of it per day to compensate for the limited energy the plant provides.
It's about thirty times as heavy as a Battery (D)
The weight of a Battery (D) is about 86.80 pennyweights.
(Alkaline)
A "D" size battery weighs 86.80 pennyweights. The D size battery is the oldest of the modern battery sizes, first invented by the National Carbon Company in 1898.
It's about one-thirty-fifth as heavy as a Reindeer
The weight of a Reindeer is about 106,000 pennyweights.
(for Rangifer tarandus granti, adult, bull) (a.k.a. Caribou) ()Rangifer tarandus)
An adult, male reindeer weighs between 106,000 pennyweights. Reindeer undertake a lengthy annual migration, with some herds traveling up to 5,000 km.
To all those observing, Merry Christmas from the Measure of Things.
To all those observing, Merry Christmas from the Measure of Things.
It's about one-forty-fifth as heavy as The Heart of a Blue Whale
The weight of The Heart of a Blue Whale is about 130,000 pennyweights.
(Balaenoptera musculus) (adult)
(for a 2014 specimen)
The heart of a blue whale weighs about 130,000 pennyweights. These hearts pump an estimated 7,100 L (1,875 gal) of blood through the whale's massive body.
The heart of a blue whale weighs about 130,000 pennyweights. These hearts pump an estimated 7,100 L (1,875 gal) of blood through the whale's massive body.
It's about one-fiftieth as heavy as a cubic meter of Snow
The weight of a cubic meter of Snow is about 150,000 pennyweights.
(Freshly fallen, standard conditions; measurements taken in Norway, 1965-68)
One cubic meter of freshly fallen snow under standard conditions weighs an average of 150,000 pennyweights. Assembled in 2008, the world record largest snowman was constructed of 3,800,000,000 pennyweights of snow and stood 37.21 m (122.1 ft) tall.
It's about 50 times as heavy as a Deck of Cards
The weight of a Deck of Cards is about 60 pennyweights.
(ISO 216 B8 size, a.k.a. "poker size" 63 x 88 mm, 52-card deck)
A deck of 52 ISO 216 B8-size playing cards weighs 60 pennyweights. Utilizing nearly 3,700 decks, the record-holding largest card tower was built in early 2010, stood over 3.5 m (11 ft), and weighed over 150,000 pennyweights.
It's about one-fifty-fifth as heavy as a Pig
The weight of a Pig is about 160,000 pennyweights.
(Domestic pig, Sus scrofa domesticus, a.k.a. S. domesticus) (adult)
Domestic pigs weigh between 160,000 pennyweights. The titular character "Babe the pig" in the 1995 family film was played by 48 different American Yorkshire piglets due to the length of filming and the rate at which piglets reach adulthood.