Stones to Kilograms Converter

Quickly and easily convert a weight in stones to kilograms or vice-versa with this easy to use app that can help you analyze your weight and fitness better.

The Stone (st):

The stone or stone weight (abbreviation: st.) is an English and imperial unit of mass now equal to 14 pounds (6.35029318 kg).

England and other Germanic-speaking countries of northern Europe formerly used various standardised “stones” for trade, with their values ranging from about 5 to 40 local pounds (roughly 3 to 15 kg) depending on the location and objects weighed. The United Kingdom’s imperial system adopted the wool stone of 14 pounds in 1835. With the advent of metrication, Europe’s various “stones” were superseded by or adapted to the kilogram from the mid-19th century on. The stone continues in customary use in Britain and Ireland used for measuring body weight but was prohibited for commercial use in the UK by the Weights and Measures Act of 1985.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_(unit)

The Kilogram (KG):

The kilogram or kilogramme (symbol: kg) is the base unit of mass in the International System of Units (SI), and is defined as being equal to the mass of the International Prototype of the Kilogram (IPK, also known as “Le Grand K” or “Big K”), a cylinder of platinum-iridium alloy stored by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures at Saint-Cloud, France.

The kilogram was originally defined as the mass of a litre (cubic decimetre) of water at its freezing point. That was an inconvenient quantity to precisely replicate, so in the late 18th century a platinum artefact was fashioned as a standard for the kilogram. That artefact, or an exact replica thereof, has been the standard of the unit of mass for the metric system ever since.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilogram