MDMD(11): Tons of Cheese.

[Paul Mackin]

Upon actually looking this up I see I shouldn't have identified the 2000
pound short ton with the English ton. The short ton is used in America,
Canada and South Africa. In the mother country  the long ton is used.

According to Webster.

        P..

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Mackin" <paul.mackin at verizon.net>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 3:32 PM
Subject: Re: MDMD(11): Tons of Cheese.


> Didn't know there was a metric ton but it figures if there was one it
would
> be approximate the same weight as an English ton--2000 pounds Actually
that
> would be a short English ton. There is also a long ton--2240 pounds (I
> think).
>
> Big cheese.
>
>
>         P.
>
> -- Original Message -----
> From: "Michel Ryckx" <michel.ryckx at freebel.net>
> To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 2:32 PM
> Subject: MDMD(11): Tons of Cheese.
>
>
> > Having trouble in catching up the readings, here's  a question on
> > Chapter 16.
> >
> > The Gloucester cheese in its Quincentenariduodecimal format is
> > "running to nearly four tons in weight". (M&D, 167.17-18)
> >
> > A ton, nowadays, being 1,000 kilos,  is mentioned a few decades before
> > the decimal system was developed and introduced in France and on the old
> > continent.  Or, being aware there were many local varieties of weighing
> > at the time, it may be used in order to denominate another weight.  But
> > which?
> >
> > It cannot be a Mystake, can it?
> >
> > Michel.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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