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  2. Builder's Old Measurement - Wikipedia

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    At that time a "tun" was a wine container of 252 wine gallons, approx 210 imp gal (955 L) weighing about 2,240 lb (1,020 kg), a weight known today as a long ton or imperial ton. In order to estimate the capacity of a ship in terms of 'tun' for tax purposes, an early formula used in England was:

  3. Tonnage - Wikipedia

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    Tonnage is a measure of the capacity of a ship, and is commonly used to assess fees on commercial shipping.The term derives from the taxation paid on tuns or casks of wine. In modern maritime usage, "tonnage" specifically refers to a calculation of the volume or cargo volume of a ship.

  4. Rod (unit) - Wikipedia

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    The rod, perch, or pole (sometimes also lug) is a surveyor's tool [1] and unit of length of various historical definitions. In British imperial and US customary units, it is defined as 16 + 1 ⁄ 2 feet, equal to exactly 1 ⁄ 320 of a mile, or 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 yards (a quarter of a surveyor's chain), and is exactly 5.0292 meters.

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  6. Hundredweight - Wikipedia

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    A hundredweight (cwt) road sign in Alderney, Bailiwick of Guernsey. The short hundredweight is commonly used as a measurement in the United States in the sale of livestock and some cereal grains [4] and oilseeds, paper, and concrete additives and on some commodities in futures exchanges.

  7. List of conversion factors - Wikipedia

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    ton, assay (long) AT ≡ 1 mg × 1 long ton ÷ 1 oz t = 32. 6 g ton, assay (short) AT ≡ 1 mg × 1 short ton ÷ 1 oz t = 29.1 6 g ton, long: long tn or ton ≡ 2240 lb = 1 016.046 9088 kg: ton, short: sh tn ≡ 2000 lb = 907.184 74 kg: tonne (mts unit) t ≡ 1000 kg = 1000 kg: wey: ≡ 252 lb = 18 st = 114.305 277 24 kg (variants exist ...

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  9. Cubic yard - Wikipedia

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    A cubic yard (symbol yd 3) [1] is an Imperial / U.S. customary (non-SI non-metric) unit of volume, used in Canada and the United States. It is defined as the volume of a cube with sides of 1 yard (3 feet , 36 inches , 0.9144 meters ) in length .