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Politics : Ask Michael Burke

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To: Knighty Tin who wrote (58911)5/9/1999 12:33:00 PM
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I think a tonne is a metric ton which equals 1.102 of our tons

Main Entry: tonne
Pronunciation: 't&n
Function: noun
Etymology: French, from tonne tun, from Old French -- more at TUNNEL
Date: 1877
: METRIC TON

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metric ton t 1,000,000 1.102 short tons
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short ton 20 short hundredweight, 2000 pounds 0.907 metric ton
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