Oh yes, I believe it goes back as far as 13th century<br>
The basic uniot is really the stone thus you must have cwt = 112 lbs ie:<br>
1 ton = 20 cwt<br>1 cwt = 4 quarters<br>
1 quarter = 2 stone<br>
1 stone = 14 lbs<br>
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mew<br>
<br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 04/03/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">David Bagley</b> <<a href="mailto:david@_r1kMH7Q-ts3RK0Qt1mjVXdFIsWNNR3_z_aT_z-xMib_OTvc3SlL8feQVFQRhUIcPGZI4bUP8WX3br5tKHuPNws.yahoo.invalid">david@Un9X0xbDesbtDLybkx6eQ-tykzivoDo-P67kJaCT_m5gyo2nOLXCvrYveqIK2y2EXUZasFdlQzbwV7wbQ8J9PA.yahoo.invalid</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<p>We all know that the weight of bells is given in cwt-qtrs-lbs, but was this <br>
system ever used for giving the weight of other objects?<br>
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I only ask as I watched a program on the salvage of the "Queen Anne's <br>
Revenge" on the telly last night. A canon with the numbers "1730" on it was <br>
recovered from the wreck which went down in 1718, so 1730 couldn't be a <br>
date. It was suggested that 1730 was actually 17-3-0, ie 1988lb, and it <br>
seemed to weigh just under 2000lb using the on gauge they were using.<br>
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Does anybody know if the cwt-qtrs-lbs was ever used elsewhere?<br>
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David<br>
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