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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Seems to be some mixing up here. £-s-d is
the abbreviation for the old imperial money. Ton-cwt-qtr-lb, or
t-c-q-l, is the abbreviation for imperial weight (Avoirdupois).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I guess we're talking about weight?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Chris Povey</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 21, 2008 11:50
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Bell Historians] Re: £ - s -
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<P>--- In <A
href="mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com">bellhistorians@<WBR>yahoogroups.<WBR>com</A>,
"Alan Buswell" <aaj.buswell@<WBR>...> <BR>wrote:<BR>> Does anyone
have a formula whereby one can add/subtract Tons - <BR>> hundredweight -
quarters - pounds suitable for computer use? I'm not <BR>> well up in these
matters.<BR>> <BR>> Alan B.<BR>><BR><BR>Depending on how many you
might want to do you might use this site?.<BR><BR><A
href="http://home.swbell.net/csz_stl/towerbells/Cwt-Qtr-Lb_Calculator.html">http://home.<WBR>swbell.net/<WBR>csz_stl/towerbel<WBR>ls/Cwt-Qtr-<WBR>Lb_Calculator.<WBR>html</A><BR><BR>Could
convert things into pounds, add them up and covert them back into
<BR>Lsd?<BR><BR>Mike<BR><BR></P></DIV><!--End group email --></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>