Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 273, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 December 1917 — The Karat. [ARTICLE]

The Karat.

The weight used by goldsmiths In gauging the quality of gold apart from the alloy—namely, karat—is derived from that of the seed of an Abyssluian karat-flower, which, being exceedingly uniform in size, were employed in weighing gold and precious stones.