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It's about 75 times as heavy as a Billiard Ball
The weight of a Billiard Ball is about 0.025669642857143 stones.
(American-style, WPA specifications)
Per the World Pool-Billiard Association, a billiard ball weight must weigh between 0.024553571428571 stones and 0.026785714285714 stones. 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 75 times as heavy as a Hockey Puck
The weight of a Hockey Puck is about 0.025669642857143 stones.
(Ice hockey)
A standard ice hockey puck weighs between 0.024553571428571 stones and 0.026785714285714 stones. Hockey pucks can be shot or passed at speeds of up to 160 kph (99 mph) during games.
It's about 85 times as heavy as a Baseball
The weight of a Baseball is about 0.022879464285714 stones.
(MLB rules)
Per Major League Baseball rules, a baseball must weigh between 0.022321428571429 stones and 0.0234375 stones. 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 90 times as heavy as a Battery (D)
The weight of a Battery (D) is about 0.0213 stones.
(Alkaline)
A "D" size battery weighs 0.0213 stones. The D size battery is the oldest of the modern battery sizes, first invented by the National Carbon Company in 1898.
It's about 150 times as heavy as a Deck of Cards
The weight of a Deck of Cards is about 0.015 stones.
(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 0.015 stones. 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 36 stones.
It's about one-one-hundred-fiftieth as heavy as a Car
The weight of a Car is about 260.10 stones.
(for 2009 Ford Taurus) (curb weight)
A 2009 Ford Taurus weighs 260.10 stones. The first mass-produced car, the Curved Dash Oldsmobile — introduced in 1901 — weighed just 60.780 stones.
It's about one-one-hundred-fiftieth as heavy as a Giraffe
The weight of a Giraffe is about 304 stones.
(Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata) (adult, male, maximum of range)
An adult, male giraffe can weigh up to 304 stones. Reaching 5.5 m (18 ft) in height by adulthood, giraffe calves can grow as much as 3 cm (1 in) per day.
It's about one-one-hundred-fiftieth as heavy as a Rhinoceros
The weight of a Rhinoceros is about 330 stones.
(for Black rhinoceros, Diceros bicornis) (Adult, male)
An adult black rhinoceros weighs between 330 stones. Rhinoceros are extremely aggressive — nearly one of every two males will die as a result of fighting with other rhinoceros.
It's about 200 times as heavy as a Battery (C)
The weight of a Battery (C) is about 0.01 stones.
(Alkaline)
A "C" size battery weighs 0.01 stones. C batteries are typically used in medium-drain devices such as musical instruments.
It's about 200 times as heavy as a Tennis Ball
The weight of a Tennis Ball is about 0.00909 stones.
(ITF Standard; for Type 2 ball)
Per International Tennis Federation standard, regulation tennis balls must weigh about 0.00909 stones. Competition balls are also tested for bounce height, with the standards requiring that a ball dropped from 254 cm must bounce back to a height of 135 cm to 147 cm.
It's about one-two-hundredth as heavy as The Tongue of a Blue Whale
The weight of The Tongue of a Blue Whale is about 430 stones.
(Balaenoptera musculus) (adult)
The tongue of a Blue Whale can weigh up to 430 stones. Despite their tremendous size, blue whales feed almost exclusively on tiny crustaceans called krill and cannot swallow anything much larger than a beach ball.
It's about 250 times as heavy as a Golf Ball
The weight of a Golf Ball is about 0.007233 stones.
(per R&A USGA Rules of Golf; maximum rule weight)
According to the Rules of Golf (as approved by the United States Golf Association and the Rules Committee of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of Saint Andrews), golf balls must weigh no more than 0.007233 stones. Golf balls are not required to have the familiar dimpled pattern, but the design has been popular since its invention in 1905 because it reduces drag while increasing lift.
It's about one-three-hundredth as heavy as a Hippopotamus
The weight of a Hippopotamus is about 600 stones.
(Hippopotamus amphibius) (adult, male)
The average weight of an adult male hippopotamus ranges from 590 stones. Appearances to the contrary, adult hippos cannot swim or float in water; they actually move by leaping and walking across lake bottoms at about 8 kph (5 mph).
It's about 350 times as heavy as a Light Bulb
The weight of a Light Bulb is about 0.0054 stones.
(a.k.a. lamp) (for A19-size, 60w, incandescent bulb by Bulbrite; package weight)
A standard, sixty-watt light bulb weighs about 0.0054 stones. The tightly-coiled filament inside a bulb of this size would measure about 579mm if uncoiled and stretched out.
It's about one-five-hundredth as heavy as an Elephant
The weight of an Elephant is about 950 stones.
(for African bush elephant, Loxodonta africana) (Adult, bull)
A bull African bush elephant weighs about 960 stones. Among African elephants, both males and females have tusks (whereas female Asian elephants, Elephas maximus, do not have tusks) which can grow to 3 m (10 ft) and typically weigh about 630 stones
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