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Weights and Measurements:The 100 Pounds Weight of Various Countries as Compared to the British
100 Weight (CWT)
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| Location |
Equivalent Weight
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| Amsterdam |
91 pounds 8 ounces (93 pounds)
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| Antwerp |
96 pounds 8 ounces (98 pounds)
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| Besancon |
91 pounds 8 ounces
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| Bologne |
127 pounds
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| Bourdeaux |
91 pounds 8 ounces
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| Bremen |
94 pounds
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| Cadiz |
97 pounds
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| Cologne |
97 pounds
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| Copenhagen |
94 pounds
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| Danzig |
119 pounds
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| Denmark |
89 pounds 8 ounces
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| Florence |
123 pounds
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| Frankfurt |
89 pounds 7 ounces (93 pounds)
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| Geneva |
81 pounds 7 ounces
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| Genoa |
137 pounds 4 ounces (142 pounds)
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| Hamburg |
93 pounds 5 ounces (95 pounds)
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| Larochelle |
90 pounds 9 ounces
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| Languedoc |
107 pounds 11 ounces
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| Leghorn |
132 pounds 11 ounces
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| Leipzig |
117 pounds
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| Liege |
96 pounds 5 ounces
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| Lisbon |
104 pounds 13 ouncess
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| Lovaine |
98 pounds
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| Lyons |
106 pounds
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| Mantua |
119 pounds
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| Marseilles |
113 pounds
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| Middleburg |
98 pounds
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| Milan |
153 pounds 11 ounces
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| Naples |
154 pounds 10 ounces
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| Nuremburg |
94 pounds
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| Paris |
91 pounds 8 ounces (108 Pounds)
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| Prague |
106 pounds
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| Provence |
113 pounds
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| Rhinland |
96 pounds
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| Rouen |
88 pounds
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| Russia |
112 pounds 2/3 ounces
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| Seville |
97 pounds
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| Spain |
112 pounds 2/3 ounces (99 pounds)
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| Strasbourg |
91 pounds 8 ounces (93 pounds)
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| Sweden |
107 pounds 3/4 ounces
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| Toledo |
100 pounds
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| Toulouse |
107 pounds 11 ounces
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| Venice |
152 pounds (151 pounds)
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| Vienna |
83 pounds
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The Little Bombardier and Pocket Gunner London: T Egerton; 1801. Page 144
Tousard, Louis de. American Artillerist's Companion or Elements of Artillery Vol. 1 New York: Greenwood Press; 1969. Page 117
Placed on the Napoleon Series: August 2003
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