Pound to Stone Conversion Result

Pound: (symbol: lb) is a unit of weight (or mass) used in the United States customary system and the British imperial system.

Interesting Facts:

• The pound has origins in the Roman unit libra (where it took its symbol lb).
• The pound was officially defined in 1959 as 0.45359237 kilograms in agreement between the U.S. and Commonwealth countries.
• Pound Sterling is the name of the U.K.'s currency, which derives its name from the fact that back in arround 800 year 240 silver coings, called "sterlings", were minted from a pound of silver.

Stone: (abbreviation: st) is a unit of mass that is primarily used in the United Kingdom and Ireland to measure body weight. Although it is considered part of the imperial system, its use is largely limited to a few specific contexts today.

The stone as a unit of weight has been used since antiquity, with its value varying regionally depending on the commodity being measured. It became standardized in the 14th century in England, where it was fixed at 14 pounds for weighing wool, a major commodity at the time.