How heavy is 192,000 grains?
It's about 10,000 times as heavy as a Jelly Bean
The weight of a Jelly Bean is about 17 grains.
(for Jelly Belly beans; approximate)
Made of sugar, corn syrup, and pectin, a single jelly bean weighs about 18 grains. President Ronald Reagan cited jelly beans as his favorite candy and 49,000,000 grains of the candies were served at his first inauguration in 1981.
It's about one-ten-thousandth as heavy as The Statue of Liberty (without base)
The weight of The Statue of Liberty (without base) is about 2,200,000,000 grains.
(a.k.a. Liberty Enlightening the World, a.k.a. La Liberté éclairant le monde) (total weight, including foundation)
The total weight of the Statue of Liberty — the Statue's copper and framework only, excluding the base — is roughly 2,200,000,000 grains. The statue was designed using an optical trick known as "forced perspective" to make the statue appear proportionally correct when viewed from its base and is, in actuality, disproportionately large at the top.
It's about one-fifteen-thousandth as heavy as a House
The weight of a House is about 2,410,000,000 grains.
(149 sq. m, single-level, unfurnished)
A 149 sq. m (1,600 sq. ft), single-story, unfurnished house (without extensive masonry) of the type commonly found in America would weigh approximately 2,410,000,000 grains, based on the weight of the included materials. In contrast, a yurt — a type of dwelling structure popular among nomadic peoples of East Asia — typically weighs less than 7,100,000 grains.
It's about 15,000 times as heavy as a Nail
The weight of a Nail is about 12 grains.
(for 15-gauge, 2-inch, finishing nails)
A two-inch finishing nail weighs 12 grains. Nails have been in use for more than 5,400 years and were ven used as a medium of exchange in ancient times.
It's about one-fifty-thousandth as heavy as Christ the Redeemer (statue)
The weight of Christ the Redeemer (statue) is about 9,800,000,000 grains.
(a.k.a. O Cristo Redentor, a.k.a. Christo redemptor) (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Christ the Redeemer weighs 9,800,000,000 grains. The statue overlooks the city of Rio de Janeiro from atop the 709.9-meter (2,329 ft) granite peak in the Tijuca Forest National Park.
It's about 60,000 times as heavy as a Raindrop
The weight of a Raindrop is about 3 grains.
(a.k.a. drop, a.k.a. droplet) (average)
The weight of a raindrop depends heavily on the type of weather, but averages about 3 grains. The familiar teardrop shape of a raindrop is actually an optical illusion, caused by the reflection of the light and the motion of the drop.
It's about one-one-hundred-thousandth as heavy as a Tree (Sierra Redwood)
The weight of a Tree (Sierra Redwood) is about 20,000,000,000 grains.
(a.k.a. Giant Sequoia, a.k.a. Sierran redwood, a.k.a. Wellingtonia, a.k.a. "Big Tree", Sequoiadendron giganteum)
The weight of wood in a Giant Sequoia is 20,000,000,000 grains. General Sherman, a specimen in Sequoia National Park in Visalia, California, is the largest tree in the world by volume, with an estimated weight of about 29,000,000,000 grains.
It's about 600,000 times as heavy as a Grain of Rice
The weight of a Grain of Rice is about 0.320 grains.
(conventional; US; long-, medium-, and short-gran varieties; uncooked)
With great differences in variety, the average among a sampling of common short-, medium- and long-grain rices finds that a single grain weighs about 0.320 grains before cooking. A staple through most of human history, archaeological evidence indicates that the earliest rice cultivation was about 11,500 years ago.
It's about one-eight-hundred-thousandth as heavy as The Eiffel Tower
The weight of The Eiffel Tower is about 156,000,000,000 grains.
(a.k.a. La Tour Eiffel) (Paris, France) (total weight)
The Eiffel Tower weighs approximately 156,000,000,000 grains. Architected to be quickly assembled, the Tower contains only 930 cu. meters of solid material.
It's about 0.0000010 times as heavy as The Brooklyn Bridge
The weight of The Brooklyn Bridge is about 205,600,000,000 grains.
(a.k.a. New York and Brooklyn Bridge) (Manhattan and Brooklyn, New York City, New York) (total weight)
The total weight of the Brooklyn Bridge is approximately 205,600,000,000 grains. In a promotional event to prove the bridge's stability shortly after it opened, entertainer P. T. Barnum led a parade of 21 elephants across it in May of 1884.
It's about 0.0000005 times as heavy as The Statue of Liberty
The weight of The Statue of Liberty is about 380,000,000,000 grains.
(a.k.a. Liberty Enlightening the World, a.k.a. La Liberté éclairant le monde) (total weight, including foundation)
The total weight of the Statue of Liberty, including her base is roughly 380,000,000,000 grains. The statue was designed using an optical trick known as "forced perspective" to make the statue appear proportionally correct when viewed from its base and is, in actuality, disproportionately large at the top.
It's about 3,000,000 times as heavy as a Grain of Sand
The weight of a Grain of Sand is about 0.068 grains.
(medium grain)
With tremendous variety in the size of grain and the component material, grains of sand weigh an average of 0.068 grains. In 2007, a team of seven in Myrtle Beach created the world's tallest sandcastle, which measured 15.10 m (49.55 ft) in height.
It's about 3,500,000 times as heavy as a Sesame Seed
The weight of a Sesame Seed is about 0.0562 grains.
(Sesamum indicum)
A sesame seed weighs approximately 0.0562 grains. The McDonald's Big Mac sandwich, which is well-known for its sesame seed top bun, accounts for the consumption of an estimated 31,000,000 grains of sesame seeds each day.
It's about 0.0000001 times as heavy as The CN Tower
The weight of The CN Tower is about 1,819,600,000,000 grains.
(a.k.a. La Tour CN, a.k.a. Canadian National Tower, a.k.a. Canada's National Tower) (Toronto, Canada)
The CN Tower weighs approximately 1,819,600,000,000 grains. The Tower is home to the world's highest glass floor — a viewing area that allows visitors to look straight down 342 m (1,120 ft) to the ground below.
It's about 0.00000006 times as heavy as The Sears Tower
The weight of The Sears Tower is about 3,114,000,000,000 grains.
(officially "Willis Tower" as of 2009) (Chicago, Illinois)
The Willis Tower weighs approximately 3,114,000,000,000 grains. The outer wall surface of the Tower is covered with black anodized aluminum panels which would total 110,000 sq. m (28 acres) if laid out together.