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Old 03-17-2008, 12:42 PM   #104 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by RAL's_pal? View Post
Stupidly simple for whom?

How about, because the Brits used the long tonne...?
There have been more complicated reasons given based upon the British "creation" of the long ton. But in Naval Architecture it is "pounding head against wall" simple.
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