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Meanings of imperial hundredweight in anglès

Unit of mass, equal to 8 stone, 112 pounds, or 50.802345 kg.

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      1
      I noticed in your Fair Isle order-book an entry of 2 cwt.
      Second Shetland Truck System Report
      2
      If this supplies as much ammonia to the soil as 3 cwt.
      Farm drainage / The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draini...
      3
      Forty shovelfuls of clinkers and twelve of slaked lime make 7 cwt.
      Scientific American Supplement, No. 362, December 9, 1882
      4
      His proposal was substantially a protective duty of twenty shillings the cwt.
      The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. / From the Acc...
      5
      The operation is inexpensive, as a very small quantity suffices, one cwt.
      The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom / Considered in...