• The long ton, also known as the imperial ton or displacement ton, is a measurement unit equal to 2,240 pounds (1,016.0 kg). It is the name for the unit...
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    meanings and uses. As a unit of mass, ton can mean: the long ton, which is 2,240 pounds (1,016.0 kilograms) the short ton, which is 2,000 pounds (907.2 kilograms)...
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    Tonne (redirect from Metric ton)
    metric ton in the United States to distinguish it from the non-metric units of the short ton (United States customary units) and the long ton (British...
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  • simply as a ton; however, the term is ambiguous, the single word "ton" being variously used for short, long, and metric tons. The various tons are defined...
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  • of ton used. The tonne-force (tf or tf) is equal to the weight of one tonne. The long ton-force is equal to the weight of one long ton. The short ton-force...
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    conventions, there are 20 hundredweight in a ton, producing a "short ton" of 2,000 pounds (907.2 kg) and a "long ton" of 2,240 pounds (1,016 kg). The hundredweight...
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  • ton, a unit of mass, force, volume, energy, or power, which includes: Short ton, equivalent to 2,000 pounds, primarily used in the United States Long...
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    tonnage was historically expressed in long tons but is now usually given internationally in tonnes (metric tons). In modern international shipping conventions...
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    9 long tons; 9.9 short tons) Tandem axle grouping 16.5 t (16.2 long tons; 18.2 short tons) Tri-axle grouping 20.0 t (19.7 long tons; 22.0 short tons) Therefore...
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  • Tonnage (redirect from Register ton)
    confused with displacement (the actual mass of the vessel), the long ton (or imperial ton) of 2,240 lb is derived from the fact that a "tun" of wine typically...
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    combinations on select routes. These vehicles will run a 60-tonne (59.1-long-ton; 66.1-short-ton) weight limit. Two types are to be used: 1) a 26-tonne truck pulling...
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    truck capacities range from 40 short tons (36.3 t; 35.7 long tons) to nearly 500 short tons (454 t; 446 long tons). An example on the smaller end is the...
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    Iowa-class battleship (category CS1: long volume value)
    meet the Second London Naval Treaty's "escalator clause" limit of 45,000-long-ton (45,700 t) standard displacement. Beginning in August 1942, four vessels...
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    attested to in the long quest to find a ship that incorporated everything the US Navy considered necessary while remaining under 35,000 long tons. The General...
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    metric tons (64,800 long tons) at standard load, 69,151 metric tons (68,059 long tons) at normal load and 73,000 metric tons (72,000 long tons) at full...
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    meters (52 ft) long weighs up to 48 t (53 short tons; 47 long tons), one 17 meters (56 ft) long weighs up to 59 t (65 short tons; 58 long tons), and one 20...
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    4 long tons; 5.0 short tons) but not more than 8 t (7.9 long tons; 8.8 short tons). Any towed trailer must not weigh more than 9 t (8.9 long tons; 9...
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    000 long tons; 438,000,000 short tons) tons of usable iron ore. In December 2017 Brazil exported 346,497 t (341,025 long tons; 381,948 short tons) of...
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    the Isha Foundation, the statue weighs around 500 tonnes (490 long tons; 550 short tons). Adiyogi refers to Shiva (Shankara) as the first yogi. It was...
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  • The Board of Admiralty then began preliminary design work on a 35,000-long-ton ship armed with 16-inch guns and it was promising enough that the Director...
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    revolutionized steel manufacture by decreasing its cost, from £40 per long ton to £6–7 per long ton, along with greatly increasing the scale and speed of production...
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    tonnes (81 long tons; 90 short tons). The heaviest moai erected was a shorter but squatter moai at Ahu Tongariki, weighing 86 tonnes (85 long tons; 95 short...
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    with weighted caissons achieved a pressure of 5 t/sq ft (4.9 long ton/sq ft; 5.5 short ton/sq ft) on the silt, encouraging Bouch to continue with the design...
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    Network, both abb. as TON) is a decentralized computer network consisting of a layer-1 blockchain with various components. TON was originally developed...
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    South Korea. It had an output of 42,000,000 metric tons (41,000,000 long tons; 46,000,000 short tons) of crude steel in 2015, making it the world's sixth-largest...
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    released a graphic illustration showing a 32,000-tonne (31,000-long-ton; 35,000-short-ton) STOBAR (Short Take-Off But Arrested Recovery) design with a pronounced...
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    to carry a 450-tonne (440-long-ton; 500-short-ton) load. With an empty weight of 360 tonnes (350 long tons; 400 short tons), it is much heavier than BelAZ's...
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    German cruiser Prinz Eugen (category CS1: long volume value)
    nominally under the 10,000-long-ton (10,160 t) limit set by the Anglo-German Naval Agreement, actually displaced over 16,000 long tons (16,257 t). Prinz Eugen...
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  • 33 by 66 by 42 feet (10 by 20 by 13 m), and weighs 110 short tons (100 t; 98 long tons). Kapoor's design was inspired by liquid mercury and the sculpture's...
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    seventy-eight 10 MW (13,000 hp) pumps that can pump up to 200 metric tons (200 long tons; 220 short tons) of water into the Edo River per second. Tunnel and Reservoir...
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