SI 10 lists a long hundredweight (112 lb) and a short hundredweight
(100 lb). This would correspond to the long ton (2240 lb, British?) and
short ton (2000 lb, American). I.e., a "ton" is twienty hundredweight.
Jim
On Friday 16 March 2001 1818, kilopascal wrote:
> 2001-03-16
>
> If there is a US hundredweight, then it is obsolete and out of use.
> I have never heard of it or seen it in use. I'm sure if I asked
> around, people would give me an odd look. Maybe there is some fringe
> group or industry that uses it, but I doubt one will find a scale
> around calibrated in this odd unit.
>
> It seems that the British hundredweight of 112 lb is very close to 50
> kg. I wonder if that was accidental or planned that way?
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