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Cwt measurement edit
According to a section that I have commented out (I hope temporarily), a foundry:
supplied a bell weighing 0-2-21cwt
Now what exactly does this mean? Do we read that "0 hundredweight, 2 quarters, 21 pounds" (and therefore 77 pounds or 34.9 kg)? I don't think that this is a standard format for hundredweight measures. More usually, I think that would have been "0.2.21", without a unit abbreviation — which is not a widely recognized format these days anyway. I would say that the main problem is putting the "cwt" unit abbreviation at the end, when that last figure is for pounds. I would suggest changing this to:
supplied a bell weighing 0.2.21 (hundredweight; ie 77 lbs. or 34.9 kg)
...that is, if I have read the figures right. If I have read them wrong, I rather think that some clarification needs doing. If, however, somebody knows that my reading is right, by all means comment the offending section back in with the modifications that I suggest. By the way, I don't think that the hundredweight is widely used outside the United Kingdom nowadays (is it even common in the UK?). Just an idea, for clarity's sake. Kelisi (talk) 21:38, 7 September 2023 (UTC)