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How heavy is 0.9375 pounds?

It's about one-tenth as heavy as a Brick
The weight of a Brick is about 6.40 pounds.
(Standard, traditional face brick - 1,900 cu. cm (120 cu. in))
A standard, traditional face brick weighs an average of 6.40 pounds. The steeple of the Church of St. Martin in Landshut, Germany is said to be the tallest brick tower in the world at a height of 130.6 m (428.5 ft) and was constructed using an estimated 650,000 bricks.
It's about seven-and-a-half times as heavy as a Tennis Ball
The weight of a Tennis Ball is about 0.1270 pounds.
(ITF Standard; for Type 2 ball)
Per International Tennis Federation standard, regulation tennis balls must weigh about 0.1270 pounds. Competition balls are also tested for bounce height, with the standards requiring that a ball dropped from 254 cm must bounce back to a height of 135 cm to 147 cm.
It's about nine-and-a-half times as heavy as a Golf Ball
The weight of a Golf Ball is about 0.10130 pounds.
(per R&A USGA Rules of Golf; maximum rule weight)
According to the Rules of Golf (as approved by the United States Golf Association and the Rules Committee of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of Saint Andrews), golf balls must weigh no more than 0.10130 pounds. Golf balls are not required to have the familiar dimpled pattern, but the design has been popular since its invention in 1905 because it reduces drag while increasing lift.
It's about one-tenth as heavy as a Gallon of Paint
The weight of a Gallon of Paint is about 10 pounds.
(excluding container; average weight)
A gallon of paint weighs about 10 pounds. Every day, 10,000,000 L (3,000,000 gal) of paint are applied in the United States.
It's about one-tenth as heavy as a Cat
The weight of a Cat is about 10 pounds.
(Felis catus) (Domestic; healthy weight)
The average domestic cat should weigh about 10 pounds. Cats are known for their righting reflex, which allows them to land on their feet and survive falls from heights of 1 m up to about 21 m.
It's about thirteen times as heavy as a Light Bulb
The weight of a Light Bulb is about 0.075 pounds.
(a.k.a. lamp) (for A19-size, 60w, incandescent bulb by Bulbrite; package weight)
A standard, sixty-watt light bulb weighs about 0.075 pounds. The tightly-coiled filament inside a bulb of this size would measure about 579mm if uncoiled and stretched out.
It's about one-fifteenth as heavy as a Bowling Ball
The weight of a Bowling Ball is about 15 pounds.
(most common selection among male bowlers)
With an allowable range of 6 lbs to 16 lbs, the most-preferred bowling ball weight among adult, male bowlers is 15 lbs. Because regulation balls measure the same diameter irrespective of their weight, ball density varies by size and balls weighing less than about 11.0231131 pounds will float in water.
It's about eighteen times as heavy as a Battery (AA)
The weight of a Battery (AA) is about 0.053 pounds.
(Alkaline)
An "AA" size battery weighs 0.053 pounds. AA batteries came into common use during World War II and were given their name by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Committee C18 because they were smaller than the "A" size batteries which were invented first.
It's about one-twentieth as heavy as a Dachshund
The weight of a Dachshund is about 20 pounds.
(a.k.a. "Wiener dog", a.k.a. Teckel, a.k.a. Dackel, a.k.a. "hot dog dog", a.k.a. "sausage dog", a.k.a. "doxie") (FCI standard; standard size)
The Fédération Cynologique Internationale (FCI) calls for dachshunds to weigh about 20 pounds. Despite of their small size, a 2008 survey conducted by the University of Pennsylvania named dachshunds as the most aggressive dog breed.
It's about twenty times as heavy as a Mouse
The weight of a Mouse is about 0.046 pounds.
(a.k.a. "House mouse", Mus musculus) (adult)
The weight of a mouse is typically an average of 0.046 pounds. While most mice typically live two to three years, the Methuselah Mouse Prize — an award administered by a non-profit organization which advances aging-related research — was once awarded to a team of scientists whose research resulted in a mouse living just under five years.
It's about thirty times as heavy as a Compact disc
The weight of a Compact disc is about 0.033 pounds.
(a.k.a. CD)
A compact disc typically weighs 0.033 pounds. Data is stored on CDs by encoding into the track a series of tiny pits — each between 3.5 and 850 µm (0.00014 and 0.033 in) in length.
It's about one-thirtieth as heavy as a Gold Bar
The weight of a Gold Bar is about 27.428571430 pounds.
(London Good Delivery bar)
A "London Good Delivery" gold bar — the variety commonly held by Central Banks — should weigh 27.428571430 pounds. The largest gold bar ever produced was minted by Mitsubishi Materials Corporation (a sibling company of the auto manufacturer) in 2005 and weighed 551.15565550 pounds.
It's about forty times as heavy as a Battery (AAA)
The weight of a Battery (AAA) is about 0.026 pounds.
(Alkaline)
An "AAA" size battery weighs 0.026 pounds. Batteries are named by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Committee C18 and AAA batteries were given their name because they were smaller than the "AA" and "A" size batteries which were invented first.
It's about 60 times as heavy as an Eye (Human)
The weight of an Eye (Human) is about 0.016 pounds.
(adult)
A fully developed eye (in a person over the age of thirteen), weighs about 0.016 pounds. The pupil of the eye varies depending on the amount of light it is exposed to, but typically measures about 4 mm across.
It's about one-seventieth as heavy as a Dalmatian
The weight of a Dalmatian is about 65 pounds.
(a.k.a. Dalmatinac, a.k.a. Carriage Dog, a.k.a. Spotted Coach Dog, a.k.a. Firehouse Dog) (FCI standard; male)
The Fédération Cynologique Internationale (FCI) calls for Dalmatians to weigh between 65 pounds. The association of the breed with fire departments (and similarly with Budweiser Beer and its team of Clydesdales) stems from their affinity for horses, having been used historically as carriage dogs capable of guiding horse-drawn fire engines to the sites of blazes.
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