Posted by Dave W on February 12, 1999 at 22:56:35:
In Reply to: Re: Ounces (was: seed cake) posted by Robert Hill on February 10, 1999 at 15:36:39:
I suspect this particular thread is rapidly becoming of minority
interest, but would like to finally add the following information from
a fairly recent English (UK) dictionary:
UK ton = 2240 lbs, UK long ton (formerly used) = 2400lbs
US short ton = 2000 lbs, US long ton = 2240 lbs
Hundredweight = 112 lbs avoirdupois; originally was
(and still in US) = 100 lbs.
At least the metric system overcomes all these confusions
and ambiguities !