Thread: tons and tonnes
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Old 08-09-2005, 21:07   #22
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Re: tons and tonnes

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Originally Posted by Theodoric
According to BS 350 (admittedly the ancient 1962 edition), 1 lb = 453.59237 g.
Therefore the long ton of 2240 pounds = 1016.0469088 kg, which is better than to the nearest mg.

Is this close enough?
cool i'll weigh in the old water tank knowing that i'm not going to be ripped of for .008 af a kilo
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