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TonThere are three similar units of mass called the ton or tonne:
The word ton or tonne is derived from the Old English tunne, and ultimately from the Old French tonne, and referred originally to a large cask with a capacity of 252 gallons, which holds approximately 2016 pounds of water. Such a barrel is still called a tun in British English, but usuage is now dying out.
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The ton is also used as what is technically a measure of volume when measuring ship displacement, or tonnage[?]. The amount of water displaced by a volume of one ton has a mass similar to the tons of mass listed above, 1,132.7 kg or 2497.1 lb. One ton of volume is equal to:
See 1 E-1 m³ for a comparison with other volumes, also orders of magnitude (volume).
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