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How heavy is 273.4375 pennyweights?

It's about one-tenth as heavy as a Brick
The weight of a Brick is about 1,900 pennyweights.
(Standard, traditional face brick - 1,900 cu. cm (120 cu. in))
A standard, traditional face brick weighs an average of 1,900 pennyweights. The steeple of the Church of St. Martin in Landshut, Germany is said to be the tallest brick tower in the world at a height of 130.6 m (428.5 ft) and was constructed using an estimated 650,000 bricks.
It's about seven-and-a-half times as heavy as a Tennis Ball
The weight of a Tennis Ball is about 37.10 pennyweights.
(ITF Standard; for Type 2 ball)
Per International Tennis Federation standard, regulation tennis balls must weigh about 37.10 pennyweights. 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 nine-and-a-half times as heavy as a Golf Ball
The weight of a Golf Ball is about 29.530 pennyweights.
(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 29.530 pennyweights. 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-tenth as heavy as a Gallon of Paint
The weight of a Gallon of Paint is about 3,000 pennyweights.
(excluding container; average weight)
A gallon of paint weighs about 3,000 pennyweights. Every day, 10,000,000 L (3,000,000 gal) of paint are applied in the United States.
It's about one-tenth as heavy as a Cat
The weight of a Cat is about 3,000 pennyweights.
(Felis catus) (Domestic; healthy weight)
The average domestic cat should weigh about 3,000 pennyweights. Cats are known for their righting reflex, which allows them to land on their feet and survive falls from heights of 1 m up to about 21 m.
It's about thirteen times as heavy as a Light Bulb
The weight of a Light Bulb is about 22 pennyweights.
(a.k.a. lamp) (for A19-size, 60w, incandescent bulb by Bulbrite; package weight)
A standard, sixty-watt light bulb weighs about 22 pennyweights. The tightly-coiled filament inside a bulb of this size would measure about 579mm if uncoiled and stretched out.
It's about one-fifteenth as heavy as a Bowling Ball
The weight of a Bowling Ball is about 4,375 pennyweights.
(most common selection among male bowlers)
With an allowable range of 3,208.333330 pennyweights, the most-preferred bowling ball weight among adult, male bowlers is 4,375 pennyweights. Because regulation balls measure the same diameter irrespective of their weight, ball density varies by size and balls weighing less than about 3,215.07466 pennyweights will float in water.
It's about eighteen times as heavy as a Battery (AA)
The weight of a Battery (AA) is about 15 pennyweights.
(Alkaline)
An "AA" size battery weighs 15 pennyweights. AA batteries came into common use during World War II and were given their name by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Committee C18 because they were smaller than the "A" size batteries which were invented first.
It's about one-twentieth as heavy as a Dachshund
The weight of a Dachshund is about 6,000 pennyweights.
(a.k.a. "Wiener dog", a.k.a. Teckel, a.k.a. Dackel, a.k.a. "hot dog dog", a.k.a. "sausage dog", a.k.a. "doxie") (FCI standard; standard size)
The Fédération Cynologique Internationale (FCI) calls for dachshunds to weigh about 6,000 pennyweights. Despite of their small size, a 2008 survey conducted by the University of Pennsylvania named dachshunds as the most aggressive dog breed.
It's about twenty times as heavy as a Mouse
The weight of a Mouse is about 14 pennyweights.
(a.k.a. "House mouse", Mus musculus) (adult)
The weight of a mouse is typically an average of 14 pennyweights. While most mice typically live two to three years, the Methuselah Mouse Prize — an award administered by a non-profit organization which advances aging-related research — was once awarded to a team of scientists whose research resulted in a mouse living just under five years.
It's about thirty times as heavy as a Compact disc
The weight of a Compact disc is about 9.60 pennyweights.
(a.k.a. CD)
A compact disc typically weighs 9.60 pennyweights. Data is stored on CDs by encoding into the track a series of tiny pits — each between 3.5 and 850 µm (0.00014 and 0.033 in) in length.
It's about one-thirtieth as heavy as a Gold Bar
The weight of a Gold Bar is about 8,000 pennyweights.
(London Good Delivery bar)
A "London Good Delivery" gold bar — the variety commonly held by Central Banks — should weigh 8,000 pennyweights. The largest gold bar ever produced was minted by Mitsubishi Materials Corporation (a sibling company of the auto manufacturer) in 2005 and weighed 160,753.73280 pennyweights.
It's about forty times as heavy as a Battery (AAA)
The weight of a Battery (AAA) is about 7.70 pennyweights.
(Alkaline)
An "AAA" size battery weighs 7.70 pennyweights. Batteries are named by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Committee C18 and AAA batteries were given their name because they were smaller than the "AA" and "A" size batteries which were invented first.
It's about 60 times as heavy as an Eye (Human)
The weight of an Eye (Human) is about 4.60 pennyweights.
(adult)
A fully developed eye (in a person over the age of thirteen), weighs about 4.60 pennyweights. The pupil of the eye varies depending on the amount of light it is exposed to, but typically measures about 4 mm across.
It's about one-seventieth as heavy as a Dalmatian
The weight of a Dalmatian is about 19,000 pennyweights.
(a.k.a. Dalmatinac, a.k.a. Carriage Dog, a.k.a. Spotted Coach Dog, a.k.a. Firehouse Dog) (FCI standard; male)
The Fédération Cynologique Internationale (FCI) calls for Dalmatians to weigh between 19,000 pennyweights. The association of the breed with fire departments (and similarly with Budweiser Beer and its team of Clydesdales) stems from their affinity for horses, having been used historically as carriage dogs capable of guiding horse-drawn fire engines to the sites of blazes.
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