>>I'd forgotten that 28 lbs also make a quarter (qr) and 4 qr = 1 hundredweight (cwt), 20 cwt = 1 ton (not a metric tonne). Small workers' vans over here are rated by their weight in cwt. > >Think of lengths: poles and furlong (furrow-long, i.e. the length of ploughed furrow) > >In "troy weight" there are 20 grains to a scruple (cf your "sand") >:-)
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