Posted by Robert Hill on February 10, 1999 at 15:36:39:
In Reply to: Re: Ounces (was: seed cake) posted by Terence McManus on February 10, 1999 at 09:36:17:
Yes, though "hundredweight" is usually written as one word, or
abbreviated to cwt - I don't think it was ever exactly 100 of anything,
but presumably got its name because 112 pounds is near enough to 100.
1 long ton = British ton = 20 hundredweight = 2240 lb
1 short ton = US ton = 20 hundred pounds = 2000 lb
1 tonne = metric ton = 1000 kg = 2204.6 lb
We've already strayed quite far enough from relevant Tarboard topics
so I won't say anything about whether these are units of weight or of
mass.