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302 Carat's Weight in Various Localities
The exact values in milligrams of the carat at different places are tabulated as follows:
An International Committee of Weights and Measures has finally adopted the recommendations of the various associations of jewellers and dia­mond merchants, and has officially sanctioned a fixed uniform weight value of 200 milligrams for the carat.
The carat, as a weight (it should be remembered that the word Karat is also used in the jewelry trade to denote the fineness of gold), is used for weighing the precious stones. The weights of some
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