[Bell Historians] Conversions

[Andrew Higson]

Yes it is!

-----Original Message-----
From: bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com
[mailto:bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Samuel Austin
Sent: 12 October 2005 11:05
To: bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: RE: [Bell Historians] Conversions


Righto, so a 130kg bell is 2-2-6? Im at home on mob so
cant cheat with the online thing. Aye, Sam
--- bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com <andrew_higson at ...>
wrote:
> Multiply the Kgs by 2.2 to get pounds
> 
> Divide this by 112 to get hundredweight
> 
> Remember to the nearest quarter how many
hundredweights you have and
> subtract this.
> (0.25 = 0-1-0, 0.5 = 0-2-0, 0.75 = 0-3-0)
> 
> Multiply the remainder by 112 to give the residual
pounds.
> 
> 
> Worked example:
> 
> 237 Kg bell x 2.2 = 521.4 lbs
> 
> 521.4 lbs / 112 = 4.655 cwt
> 
> 4.655 cwt - 4.5 = 0.155 (4.5 = 4-2-0)
> 
> 0.155 x 112 = 17.4
> 
> Therefore 237 kg = 4-2-17.4
> 
> Well that's how I do it, anyway!
> 
> 
> Andrew
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com 
> [mailto:bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
Samuel Austin
> Sent: 12 October 2005 10:18
> To: bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Bell Historians] Conversions
> 
> 
> Can anyone tell me the formula for converting kgs
into cwts-qrs-lbs
> please? Thanks. Sam
> 
> 
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