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From: greg@ncr-sd.UUCP (Greg Noel)
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Subject: Re: Measurements
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Date: Wed, 13-Aug-86 18:52:37 EDT
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In article <2133@orca.UUCP> alanj@orca.UUCP (Alan Jeddeloh) writes:
>	2 pipes		= 1 tun			2048 pints"
>
>I find it interesting that the "tun" works out to a a smidgeon over 2000
>(2.5% over) pounds ("a pint's a pound the world around").  ......

Actually, a pint is slightly more than a pound.  My foggy memory tells me
that a pint is 1.06 pounds, making one tun about 2,170 pounds -- mighty
close to the (Imperial?) "long" ton of 2,200 pounds......
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-- Greg Noel, NCR Rancho Bernardo    Greg@ncr-sd.UUCP or Greg@nosc.ARPA