Weight

This term weight may not sound as if it is a very scientific term as we are acquainted with it in our everyday use of the term. We buy our food in many cases by the pound, we gauge the growth of our children from their infancy by their weight, the farmer measures many of his crops by the tons he produces, and we ourselves are usually quite conscious of our own weight; whether normal, over, or under. Weight is such a familiar and common measurement that we often use it with little thought of...