[Bell Historians] systems of weighing

[Anne Willis]

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Sent: 04 March 2007 14:27
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Subject: RE: [Bell Historians] systems of weighing


I only ask as I watched a program on the salvage of the "Queen Anne's 
Revenge" on the telly last night. A canon with the numbers "1730" on it was 
recovered from the wreck which went down in 1718, so 1730 couldn't be a 
date. It was suggested that 1730 was actually 17-3-0, ie 1988lb, and it 
seemed to weigh just under 2000lb using the on gauge they were using.

Does anybody know if the cwt-qtrs-lbs was ever used elsewhere?

David
 

Sorry, forgot to change format last time.


If ‘short hundredweight’ were being used then the canon probably was17-3-0.

 

AW