Why is a 'hundred-weight' in the UK so called?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_weight
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Most American countries use scales to measure an object's weight, or Earth's gravitational pull on it, while most European countries use balances to measure its mass- a measure of the amount of matter in the object. The reason for European countries to measure mass instead of weight is because mass is a more reliable way to measure things, because it doesn't change in relation to your position on Earth.
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That is not bad!! i have friends that are 4'12 and weigh one hundred pounds!! That great to weigh under a hundred!!
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because in Europe..., they use the Metric system
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I've always heard that for 5' it's 100lbs. and add 5 lbs. for each inch thereafter.
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Entitled to, yes, it's called London Weighting and is something you should already be getting if you work in London. However, some employers don't do it but merely make the salary reflect that fact. Either way, your employer is obligated to make the necessary adjustments.
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100 short tons(2000lb ea.)=200,000 pounds\n100 long tons(2240lb ea.)=244.000 pounds\n100 tonne(metric ton)(1000kg/1kg=2.204lb)=220,462 pounds
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Because it would melt down the weighing scale?\n:-)
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I don't really know .. but look at it this way, you are special !!! But I thought there was a person holding the scale in any picture I've ever seen. Oh well first part sounds good though don't it? Heres a link.
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A long ton is a British measurement and equivilent to 2,240 pounds. Not to be confused with the US "short ton"
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It's a British measure of weight and it equals 14lbs.  If I were to say that I weighed 9 stone then that would be 126lbs
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No one person is credited with namein the dumbbell.\n"Dumbbells" as a word originated in Tudor England—the devices used for ringing church bells were widely known for their impact on increasing muscle size, creating a trend in the 16th Century which saw rich young men installing similar devices in their homes, consisting of a pulley with a weighted rope which the user pulled as though he was ringing a church bell.\nThese were known as "bells", but as there were no actual bells on the end of the pulling ropes and were silent, they came to be known colloquially as "dumb-bells". \nOver the centuries, the pulley and weighted rope fell out of fashion, leaving just the weight.
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British Record is 1 lb 5oz 2 drms (0.595kg). Caught by Simon Ashton in 2002 on the River Weir.
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The previous answer is not quite true. Indeed they are not the same. Weight is a measure of force, whereas mass is mass.\nHowever, you do not weigh the same everywhere on earth, although you would be hard pressed to tell the difference.\nYour weight at the top of everest, for example, is less than at sea level, because the force being exerted on you by gravity is less, allbeit only by a small amount.\nAlso, weight is a unit of force, whereas mass is not.\nMy weight may be 100kg, but my mass is (approx) 980N (at sea level), so weight and mass are actually never equal
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There are 2.2 lbs in a kilogram, so I would say about 99 pounds.  \n\nCheck out this tool.\nhttp://www.onlineconversion.com/area.htm...
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The U.K. is a great place to be. The better question is why is the U.K. letting that freak (yeah, that is a good way to describe him) stick around.
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Because the Thames is English and the English can call it what they want?\n\nAll countries have different words for various things within them that are different from what outsiders call them.