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Show Hjimf Gold In Carats. Hi IHI Wo often hear people In speaking of HHJ H their watches sny, "it Is an 18 carat HHJ jHlf case." Others speak of 1 1 carat watch. (JH, csor22 carat or solid gold rings. When HHJ pV you see tho marlcs ou a watch case or Hi i thclnsldoofn gold ling they.rcnd IS K. HHJ !' I or 1 1 IC, or whatever number of carnts HHJ 1 ! tho mahcr wishes to Indicate. A piece Hi I of gold Jewelry marlccd 13 K or IS HHJ i j, carats, means tlint It Is three-fourths HHJ J i ' puro gold. In arranging this basis of HHJ M marking things made of gold nbo- I lutcly pure gold Is called '.'I carats. HHJ HJJ Then if two, six or ten twenty-fourths HHJ HJJ of alloy lias been added tho amount of HHJ HJJ tho alloy Is deducted from twenty- HHl Bfll four, and tho result Is either -2, 18 or HHJJHJ 1-1 carats tine, nml so on. Ou ordinary BBBnBJI ' articles mado by Jewelers tho amount BBS OH , of puro gold used Is seldom over IS HHK TJC carats, or three-fourths. Weddltyr rings BBV'j ' (nnd these aro considered solid gold) HHB j nro generally mndo 22 carnts line HHM f that is, there arc only two twenty- HHJj I j fourths partu of alloy In them. |