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are often stamped with a three-digit number indicating their total weight in hundredweight, quarter-hundredweight (28 lb (13 kg), abbreviated qr), and pounds. Thus, an anvil stamped "1.1.8" will weigh 148 lb (67 kg) (112 lb (51 kg) + 28 lb (13 kg) + 8 lb
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English-speaking countries, it is now used to a
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The short hundredweight is commonly used as a measurement in the United States in the sale of
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The hundredweight has had many values. In
England in around 1300, different
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British units. Instead, it was based on the
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646:Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers
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283:A hundredweight (cwt) road sign in
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1861:American wire gauge
1835:Pound-foot (torque)
1820:Foot-pound (energy)
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325:Older blacksmiths'
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