Long ton
Gross ton redirects here. For the nautical measure of volume, see
tonnage. Long Ton (L/T sometimes known as a Gross Ton, Weight Ton, or Imperial Ton) is the name for the unit called the "
Ton" in the
Avoirdupois or
Imperial system of measurements, as formerly used in the
United Kingdom and several other
Commonwealth countries. It has been mostly replaced by the
short ton in the
United States and the
metric tonne elsewhere. It is equal to 2240
pounds (exactly 1016.0469088
kilograms). It has some limited use in the US, most commonly in measuring the
displacement of
ships, and was the unit prescribed for warships (e.g., battleships limited to 35,000 tons) in the international agreements between the World Wars.
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Britische Tonne
Long ton
Английская тонна
Tonelada
La palabra tonelada deriva de tonel y éste del diminutivo del francés antiguo, tonne, tonel grande. Designa una medida de
masa que en el
sistema métrico decimal, y actualmente en el
Sistema Internacional de Unidades, equivale a 1.000
kg. Su abreviatura oficial es t, aunque también se emplea T o Tm.En la náutica española, la tonelada era una medida de capacidad igual a 8
codos cúbicos de ribera, es decir, 0,1891
m³, ó 189,11 LTambién se empleaba la tonelada de
arqueo (o tonelada morson), para medir la cabida de una embarcación, y que equivalía a 2,83 m³
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