How many pounds are there in an imperial ton?
"Hundredweight The hundredweight (abbreviation: cwt), formerly also known as the centum weight or quintal, is an English, imperial, and US customary unit of weight or mass of various values. Its present value continues to differ between the American and imperial systems. The two values are distinguished in American English as the ""short"" and ""long"" hundredweight and in British English as the ""cental"" and the ""imperial hundredweight"". Under both conventions, there are 20 hundredweight in a ton, producing a ""short ton"" of 2000 lb and a ""long ton"" of 2240 lb. The hundredweight has had many different values. In England in"
"defined as exactly 2,240 pounds. The long ton arises from the traditional British measurement system: A long ton is 20 hundredweight (cwt), each of which is 8 stone (1 stone = 14 pounds). Thus a long ton is 20 × 8 × 14 lb = 2,240 lb. A long ton, also called the weight ton (W/T)"", imperial ton, or displacement ton,"" is equal to: It has some limited use in the United States, most commonly in measuring the displacement of ships, the volume-to-carrying-weight of fuels and in trade of baled commodities and bulk goods like elemental sulfur. The long ton"
"same as the United States table up to 1 pound, but above that point the tables differ. The imperial system has a hundredweight, defined as eight stone or 112 lb (), whereas a US hundredweight is 100 lb (). In both systems, 20 hundredweights make a ton. In the US, the terms ""long ton"" (, ) and ""short ton"" (; ) are used to distinguish them. The term ""metric ton"" is also used to denote a tonne (, ), which is about 2% less than the long ton. Comparison of the imperial and US customary measurement systems Both the imperial"
"Long ton Long ton, also known as the imperial ton or displacement ton, is the name for the unit called the ""ton"" in the avoirdupois system of weights or Imperial system of measurements. It was standardised in the thirteenth century and is used in the United Kingdom and several other British Commonwealth of Nations countries alongside the mass-based metric tonne defined in 1799. It is not to be confused with the ""short ton"" a unit of weight equal to used in the United States, and in Canada before metrication, also referred to simply as a ""ton"". A long ton is"
"uses a stone of 14 lb, a long hundredweight of 112 lb and a long ton of 2240 lb. The stone is not used in the US and the hundredweights and tons are short: 100 lb and 2000 lb respectively. Where these systems most notably differ is in their units of volume. A US fluid ounce (fl oz), about 29.6 millilitres (ml), is slightly larger than the imperial fluid ounce (about 28.4 ml). However, as there are 16 US fl oz to a US pint and 20 imp fl oz per imperial pint, the imperial pint is about 20% larger."
"known as the ""Imperial ton"" (). There are, however, some U.S. applications where unspecified ""tons"" normally means long tons (for example, naval ships) or metric tons (world grain production figures). Both the long and short ton are defined as 20 hundredweights, but a hundredweight is in the U.S. system (short or net hundredweight) and in the imperial system (long or gross hundredweight). A short ton–force is . In the United Kingdom, short tons are rarely used. The word ""ton"" is taken to refer to a long ton, and metric tons are distinguished by the ""tonne"" spelling. Most Commonwealth countries followed"
"could weigh around and occupy some of space. In the United Kingdom the ton is defined as 2,240 avoirdupois pounds (1,016 kg). This is equivalent to 20 hundredweight, a hundredweight being eight stone, and a stone weighing 14 pounds. From 1965 the UK embarked upon a programme of metrication and gradually introduced metric units, including the tonne (metric ton), defined as 1000 kg (2,204 lb). The UK Weights and Measures Act 1985 explicitly excluded from use for trade many units and terms, including the ton and the term ""metric ton"" for ""tonne"". In the United States and Canada a ton"
"tonne. The UK Weights and Measures Act 1985 explicitly excluded from use for trade certain imperial units, including the ton, unless the item being sold or the weighing equipment being used was weighed or certified prior to 1 December 1980, and even then only if the buyer was made aware that the weight of the item was measured in imperial units. In the United States ""metric ton"" is the name for this unit used and recommended by NIST; an unqualified mention of a ""ton"" almost invariably refers to a short ton of , and ""tonne"" is rarely used in speech"
"was the unit prescribed for warships by the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922—for example battleships were limited to a displacement of . To comply with the practices of the European Union, the British Imperial ton was explicitly excluded from use for trade by the United Kingdom's Weights and Measures Act of 1985. Long ton Long ton, also known as the imperial ton or displacement ton, is the name for the unit called the ""ton"" in the avoirdupois system of weights or Imperial system of measurements. It was standardised in the thirteenth century and is used in the United Kingdom and"
"In French and all English-speaking countries that are predominantly metric, ""tonne"" is the correct spelling. It is usually pronounced the same as ton , but when it is important to clarify that the metric term is meant, rather than short ton, the final ""e"" can also be pronounced, i.e. ""tonny"" . In Australia, it is also pronounced . Before metrication in the UK the unit used for most purposes was the Imperial ton of 2,240 pounds avoirdupois or 20 hundredweight (usually referred to as the long ton in the US), equivalent to 1,016 kg, differing by just 1.6% from the"
"Stone (unit) The stone or stone weight (abbreviation: st.) is an English and imperial unit of mass now equal to 14 pounds (6.35029318 kg). England and other Germanic-speaking countries of northern Europe formerly used various standardised ""stones"" for trade, with their values ranging from about 5 to 40 local pounds (roughly 3 to 15 kg) depending on the location and objects weighed. The United Kingdom's imperial system adopted the wool stone of 14 pounds in 1835. With the advent of metrication, Europe's various ""stones"" were superseded by or adapted to the kilogram from the mid-19th century on. The stone continues"
"Tonne The tonne () (Non-SI unit, symbol: t), commonly referred to as the metric ton in the United States, is a non-SI metric unit of mass equal to 1,000 kilograms; or one megagram (Mg); it is equivalent to approximately pounds, or 0.984 long tons (UK). Although not part of the SI, the tonne is accepted for use with SI units and prefixes by the International Committee for Weights and Measures. The tonne is derived from the weight of pure water; there are 1,000 litres in one tonne. The SI symbol for the tonne is ""t"", adopted at the same time"
"(using the last year of Edward III's reign, 1377, as the base year). At that time a ""tun"" was a wine container of 252 gallons weighing about , a weight known today as a long ton or imperial ton. In order to estimate the capacity of a ship in terms of 'tun' for tax purposes, an early formula used in England was: where: The numerator yields the ship's volume expressed in cubic feet. If a ""tun"" is deemed to be equivalent to 100 cubic feet, then the tonnage is simply the number of such 100 cubic feet 'tun' units of"
"Troy ounce = 10 Tola<br> Commodity weight 20 CWT = 1 Ton avoirdupois = 40 Bushel = 160 Stones<br> 4 Stones = 1 Bushel = 56 Pound<br> 1 hundredweight (cwt) = 112 Pound = 2 Bushel + 8 Stones<br> 14 Pounds avoirdupois = 1 Stone avoirdupois<br> 16 Ounces avoirdupois = 1 Pound avoirdupois ""Conversion"" 1 Ounce avoirdupois = 28.349523 gram approx.<br> 1 Pound avoirdupois = 453.59237 gram<br> 1 Ton avoirdupois = 2240 pounds avoirdupois<br> Weight of 1 Barley corn = 64.79891 milligram<br> One Troy Ounce = 31.1034768 gram<br> 3.75 Troy ounce = 10 Tola Length In 1950s, Miles and Furlongs"
"British practice with the exception of Canada, which used short tons as well as long tons. Canada now predominantly uses metric tons (tonnes). Short ton The short ton is a unit of mass equal to 2,000 pounds-mass (907.18474 kg). The unit is most commonly used in the United States where it is known simply as the ""ton"". The short ton sometimes describes force. One short-ton contains 2,000 pounds-mass, which converted into slugs and multiplied by one standard gravity applies a weight of 2,000 pounds-force as per Newton's second law of motion. In the United States, a short ton is usually"
"g, 12 oz t), while an avoirdupois pound is approximately 21.53% heavier at 7 000 grains (≈ 453.59 g). One troy ounce (oz t) is equal to grams. Also equal to avoirdupois ounces, exactly , or about 10% larger. The pennyweight symbol is ""dwt"". There are 24 grains in 1 dwt, and 20 dwt in one troy ounce. Because there were 12 troy ounces in the old troy pound, there would have been 240 pennyweights to the pound—the basis of the fact that the old British pound sterling of currency contained 240 pence. (However, prior to 1526, English pound sterling"
"Pound (mass) The pound or pound-mass is a unit of mass used in the imperial, United States customary and other systems of measurement. Various definitions have been used; the most common today is the international avoirdupois pound, which is legally defined as exactly , and which is divided into 16 avoirdupois ounces. The international standard symbol for the avoirdupois pound is lb; an alternative symbol is lb (for most pound definitions), # (chiefly in the U.S.), and ℔ or ″̶ (specifically for the apothecaries' pound). The unit is descended from the Roman ""libra"" (hence the abbreviation ""lb""). The English word"
"the 224 imperial gallons (1.018 m) of the water ton (based on distilled water). One measurement ton or freight ton is equal to , but historically it has had several different definitions. It is sometimes abbreviated as ""MTON"". It is used to determine the amount of money to be charged as ""Freight"" in carrying different sorts of cargo. In general if a cargo is heavier than salt water, the actual tonnage is used. If it is lighter than salt water, e.g. feathers, freight is calculated using Measurement Tons of 40 cubic feet. The freight ton represents the volume of a"
"""troy pound"" () on January 6, 1879, leaving only the ""troy ounce"" () and its decimal subdivisions, whereas the troy pound (of 12 troy ounces) and pennyweight are still legal in the United States, although no longer widely used. In all the systems, the fundamental unit is the pound (lb), and all other units are defined as fractions or multiples of it. The tables of imperial troy mass and apothecaries' mass are the same as the corresponding United States tables, except for the British spelling ""drachm"" in the table of apothecaries' mass. The table of imperial avoirdupois mass is the"
"6, 12, 18, 24, 32 and 42 pounds; 68-pounders also exist, and other nonstandard weapons use the same scheme. See carronade. A similar definition, using lead balls, exists for determining the gauge of shotguns. Pound (mass) The pound or pound-mass is a unit of mass used in the imperial, United States customary and other systems of measurement. Various definitions have been used; the most common today is the international avoirdupois pound, which is legally defined as exactly , and which is divided into 16 avoirdupois ounces. The international standard symbol for the avoirdupois pound is lb; an alternative symbol is"
"Pennyweight A pennyweight (abbreviated dwt, from denarius weight) is a unit of mass that is equal to 24 grains, of a troy ounce, of a troy pound, approximately 0.054857 avoirdupois ounce and exactly 1.55517384 grams. In the Middle Ages, a British penny's weight was literally, as well as monetarily, of an ounce and of a pound of sterling silver. At that time, the pound in use was the Tower pound, equal to 7,680 Tower grains (also known as wheat grains). The medieval English pennyweight was thus equal to 32 Tower grains. When Troy weights replaced Tower weights in 1527, the"
"Note that measurements in this section are in imperial units. Traditional British measures distinguish between weight and volume. American cooks using British recipes, and vice versa, need to be careful with pints and fluid ounces. A US pint is 473 mL, while a UK pint is 568 mL, about 20% larger. A US fluid ounce is of a US pint (29.6 mL); a UK fluid ounce is UK pint (28.4 mL). This makes an Imperial pint equivalent to 19.2 US fluid ounces. On a larger scale, perhaps for institutional cookery, an Imperial gallon is eight Imperial pints (160 imp fl"
"10s per ton written into their bills of lading, payable, by the consignees, to the first ship to dock in London. This is additional to the ordinary rate of freight that had been negotiated - in the case of ""Ariel"" in 1866, that was £5 per ton. The ""ton"" used in these bills of lading was the ""freight ton"", a measurement of volume; British ships loading tea in China at this time used a ton of 50 cubic feet (compared with American ships which used a ton of 40 cubic feet). Normally, the extra payment of the premium would be"
"could be legally calculated. This defined, in UK law, metric units in terms of Imperial ones. The equivalence for the pound was given as 1 lb = or 0.45359 kg, which made the kilogram equivalent to about . In 1883, it was determined jointly by the Standards Department of the Board of Trade and the Bureau International that was a better approximation, and this figure, rounded to was given legal status by an Order in Council in May 1898. However, in 1963, a new Weights and Measures Act reversed this relationship and the pound was defined for the first time"
"only the stone continues in customary use for measuring personal body weight. The present stone is 14 pounds (~6.35 kg), but an earlier unit appears to have been 16 pounds (~7.25 kg). The other units were multiples of 2, 8, and 160 times the stone, or 28, 112, and 2240 pounds (~12.7 kg, 50.8 kg, 1016 kg), respectively. The hundredweight was approximately equal to two talents. The ton of 2240 pounds is called the ""long ton"". The ""short ton"" is equal to 2000 pounds (~907 kg). A tonne (t) is equal to 1000 kg. The division of the circle into"
"standard, thus establishing what became the Imperial system of weights and measures. Late in the 19th century various governments acted to redefine their base standards on a scientific basis and establish ratio-metric equations to SI metric system standards. They did not always pick the same equivalencies, though the pound remained very similar; these independent legal actions led to small differences in certain quantities, such as the American and Imperial pounds. An alternative system of mass, the troy system, is generally used for precious materials. The modern definition of the avoirdupois pound (1 lb) is exactly kilograms. is from Anglo-Norman French"
"imperial tun remained evenly divisible by small integers. There was also little change in the actual value of the tun. Standard tuns of wine came to serve as a measure of a ship's weight capacity. In the US customary system, the tun (symbol: US tu) is defined as 252 US fluid gallons. In the imperial system, the tun is defined as 210 imperial gallons. Both the imperial and US tuns were subdivided into smaller units as follows. Tun (unit) The tun (, , Middle Latin: """") is an English unit of ""liquid volume"" (not weight), used for measuring wine, oil"
"pound and smaller units, the U.S. customary system and the British imperial system are identical. However, they differ when dealing with units larger than the pound. The definition of the pound avoirdupois in the imperial system is identical to that in the U.S. customary system. In the U.S., only the ounce, pound and short ton – known in the country simply as the ton – are commonly used, though the hundredweight is still used in agriculture and shipping. The grain is used to describe the mass of propellant and projectiles in small arms ammunition. It was also used to measure"
"Short ton The short ton is a unit of mass equal to 2,000 pounds-mass (907.18474 kg). The unit is most commonly used in the United States where it is known simply as the ""ton"". The short ton sometimes describes force. One short-ton contains 2,000 pounds-mass, which converted into slugs and multiplied by one standard gravity applies a weight of 2,000 pounds-force as per Newton's second law of motion. In the United States, a short ton is usually known simply as a ""ton"", without distinguishing it from the tonne (), known there as the ""metric ton"", or the long ton also"
"displaced it. Where once 240 pence made a tower pound (and 256 make a troy pound), by the time of the United Kingdom Weights and Measures Act of 1824, a troy pound gives 792 silver pence, still minted as such as Maundy Money. Sterling originally referred to the Norman silver penny of the late 11th century. The coin was minted to a fineness of 11 oz, 2 dwt (in the pound), or 925 Millesimal fineness. Troy weight Troy weight is a system of units of mass customarily used for precious metals and gemstones. One troy ounce (abbreviated ""t oz"" or"
"troy pound of 367.5 g. This pound of 12 ounces was in use in Troyes (Champagne fairs) where the mark of 8 ounces (also the Paris mark) weighed 245 g. The medieval troy pound weighed 240 pennyweights of 1.53 g or 24 medieval troy grains ( of the new pound and heavier than the real barleycorn). The Tower pound remained in use for weighing gold and silver until 1527. Anglo-Saxon pound The pound was a unit of account in Anglo-Saxon England, equal to 240 silver pennies and equivalent to one pound weight of silver. According to the Daily Telegraph it"
"divided as the tower ounce. It never became a legal standard in England; the use of this pound waxed and waned with the influence of the Hansa itself. A London pound was equal to 7,200 troy grains (16 troy ounces) or, equivalently, 10,240 tower grains (16 tower ounces). In the United States, the avoirdupois pound as a unit of mass has been officially defined in terms of the kilogram since the Mendenhall Order of 1893. That Order defined the pound to be pounds to a kilogram. The following year, this relationship was refined as pounds to a kilogram, following a"
"or of the customary units. Neither Wilkins' nor Jefferson's proposals were adopted; but, in the Netherlands, where the metric system was adopted in 1817, the ""pond"" (pound) was set equal to a kilogram. In modern colloquial Dutch, a ""pond"" is used as an alternative for 500 grams or half a kilogram, and the ""steen"" (stone), which had previously been 8 Amsterdam pond (3.953 kg), was redefined as being 3 kg. Stone (unit) The stone or stone weight (abbreviation: st.) is an English and imperial unit of mass now equal to 14 pounds (6.35029318 kg). England and other Germanic-speaking countries of"