Carat (mass) g or possibly up to 5 g less. Therefore, the metric equivalent of 1 "siliqua" was approximately 189 mg. The Greeks had a similar unit of the same value. Gold fineness in carats comes from carats and grains of gold in a solidus of coin. The conversion rates 1 solidus = 24 carats, 1 carat = 4 grains still stand. Woolhouse's "Measures, Weights and Moneys of all Nations" gives gold fineness in carats of 4 grains, and silver in pounds of 12 troy ounces of 20 pennyweight each. Carat (mass) The carat (ct) (not to be confused with the karat,
Five Grains categories of grains. The name is typically translated as the "Five Grains" or the "Five Portions of cereal", and less often as the "Five Sacred Grains" or "Crops". Some context is important to understanding the concept, however. First, this use of "five" predates modern botanical notions and is better understood as part of the symbolic use of numbers in Chinese culture. From a very early date, Han culture understood the world as composed of five elements and many corresponding pentads were enumerated, including the Five Directions (south, north, west, east, "and" center), the Five Colors (red, black, white, "qing", and