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To: wzehring@cmb.biosci.WAYNE.EDU, british-cars@autox.team.net
Subject: MGB engine weight
From: rush@mnementh.Metaphor.COM (Ed Rush)
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 94 11:21:47 PDT
> What does "cwt" stand for?

"Hundredweight."  The "c" stands for the linguistic root of "hundred".
It says here that it is "a unit of avoirdupois weight commonly 
equivalent to 100 pounds in the US and 112 pounds in England."

Why a hundredweight should be 112 in England is a mystery to me.

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