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Anglo-Saxon Weights and Measures
 
Vehicle Clasification by Weight
5 hundredweight (= cwt) 0.25 ton 254 kilos
8 hundredweight (= cwt) 0.5 ton 406.4 kilos
15 hundredweight (= cwt) 0.75 ton 762 kilos
30 hundredweight (= cwt) 1.5 ton 1,524 kilos
Weights
16 ounces (= oz.) 1 pound (= lb.) 453.6 grams
14 pounds 1 stone 6.35 kilos
100 pounds 1 hundredweight short (= cwt. sh.) 45.36 kilos
112 pounds 1 hundredweight long (= cwt.) 50.80 kilos
2000 pounds 1 short ton 0.907 metric tons
2240 pounds 1 long ton 1.016 metric tons
Gun Caliber by Weight
2 pounder (pdr)   40 mm
6 pounder (pdr)   57 mm
17 pounder (pdr)   76.2 mm
18 pounder (pdr)   83.8 mm
25 pounder (pdr)   87.6 mm
Gun Caliber by Size
.30 caliber   7.62 mm
.50 caliber   12.7 mm
2-inch   50.8 mm
3-inch   76.2 mm
4.2-inch   106.7 mm
4.5-inch   114.3 mm
5.5-inch   139.7 mm
6-inch   152.4 mm
8-inch   203.2 mm
9.2-inch   233.7 mm
12-inch   304.8 mm
16-inch   406.4 mm
Linear Land Measure
1 inch (in. or " )   25.4 mm
12 inches 1 foot (ft. or ' ) 304.8 mm
3 feet 1 yard (= yd.) 914.4 mm
16.5 feet 1 pole, rod, perch 5.029 meters
5.5 yards 1 pole, rod, perch 5.029 meters
4 poles, rods, perches 1 chain 20.117 meters
10 chains 1 furlong (= fur.) 201.168 meters
8 furlongs 1 (statute) mile (= mi.) 1.609 kilometers
1760 yards 1 (statute) mile (= mi.) 1.609 kilometers
5280 feet 1 (statute) mile (= mi.) 1.609 kilometers
3 (statute) miles 1 league 4.828 kilometers
Mariners' Measure
6 feet 1 fathom 1.8288 meters
6080.2 feet 1 (nautical) mile (= nm.) 1.853 kilometers
about 1000 fathoms 1 (nautical) mile (= nm.) 1.853 kilometers
1 (nautical) mile (= nm.) 1 knot (kt.) 1.853 kilometers
1 (nautical) mile (= nm.) 1.151 (statute) mile (= mi.) 1.853 kilometers
3 nautical miles 1 (sea) league 5.559 kilometers
 
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