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List:       koffice-devel
Subject:    Function CONVERT() - ambiguous Units
From:       Tobias Erbsland <te () profzone ! ch>
Date:       2003-06-29 11:00:01
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Hello

The "hundredweight" has different weights in US and GB:

hundredweight [abbr.: cwt] [Amer.]
ca. 45,3 kg

hundredweight [abbr.: cwt] [Brit.]
ca. 50,8 kg

Source: http://dict.leo.org/


http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=hundredweight

1 : a unit of weight equal to 100 pounds -- called also short hundredweight; 
see WEIGHT table
2 British : a unit of weight equal to 112 pounds -- called also long 
hundredweight 



regards
Tobias

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