August 2012
Intermediate to advanced
344 pages
11h 36m
English

The following tables show some of the more common measures and the conversion between larger and smaller units. The Imperial (U.K.) and U.S. systems have the same definition of the pound and the same definition of the ounce. There are 16 ounces in 1 pound; 453.60 grams in one pound. However, the Imperial system uses the stone, which is not used in the U.S. system; 1 stone = 14 pounds.
In the Imperial systems a hundredweight is not a hundred pounds but is equal to 8 stones, giving a weight of 112 pounds (8 x 14 pounds). Likewise, the Imperial ton is defined as 20 hundredweight, given a weight of 2,240 pounds (20 x 112 pounds), whereas the U.S. ...
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