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THE weight of a body is the quantity which is measured out by the operation of weighing. To weigh a body it is placed in one of the scales of a balance, and equilibrated by standard weights formed of lumps of metal called pounds, hundredweights, tons, &c., or kilogrammes in the metric system; and the sum of these weights is (pace Mr. R. E. Baynes) called the weight of the body.
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GREENHILL, A. Weight and Mass. Nature 38, 54–55 (1888). https://doi.org/10.1038/038054c0
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