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,
The Pure Gold Baby The Pure Gold Baby The Pure Gold Baby is British novelist Margaret Drabble's 19th novel, first published in 2013. The novel was her first novel to be published in seven years, following "The Sea Lady". In 2009, Drabble had pledged not to write fiction again, for fear of "repeating herself." The novel follows an anthropologist, who accidentally gets pregnant but decides to keep the child. The novel focuses on examining upper crust of 1960s and 70s London, through the academic and analytical perspective of the character's anthropological training. Reception of the novel was generally positive. "The Guardian" reviewer, Elizabeth Day,