On 4/3/2017 9:09 PM, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
> On Mon, 3 Apr 2017 10:56:41 -0400, rickman  declaimed the
> following:
>
>>
>> One thing that metric has not dealt with is the ton.  There is a metric
>> ton, but there are also many, many other types of tons which may or may
>> not be defined in metric, but vary from the defined 1000 kg.
>
>  That is a tonne, in common usage.
>
>  The common (short) US ton is 2000lbs. I think the long ton is 2400lbs
> -- don't recall why...

2240 lbs because it is related to hundred weights which are related to
stones (14 lbs per stone).  More Imperial measurement... stuff.

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Rick C

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