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2: What was measured in 'gillettes'?

Lateral with Tom Scott

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Is That for Diamonds or for Both?

The weight of 0.2 grams to one carrot was standardized in 1907. Carob seeds were consistent in weight or so they thought and thus provided a good measurement for traveling traders in the Mediterranean. A typical carob seed weighs roughly the same as a one carat. And so you have 24 carat gold as well.

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