On Mon, 30 Oct 1995, Denise Thorpe wrote:
> Excerpts from Gary's excerpts:
>
> > Excerpts from MGB The Illustrated History by Wood and Burrell:
> > ^^^^^
> > IT MUST BE RIGHT
> snip
> > "But when the 'new' engine finally arrived at Abingdon the MG team was
> > horrified to find that it weighed no less then 567 Lb which was 72 Lb,
> > or over half a hundredweight more than Morris Engines told them it would
> > be.
>
> Only the British would feel the need to tell you that 72 is over half of a
> hundred.
Not as redundant as one might think; a "[long] hundredweight" in British
terminology is equal to 112 lb, or one-twentieth of a long ton (2240 lb).
Andy "sorry, it's the librarian in me" Mace
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