Word Finder - tons

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A unit of weight (mass) equal to 2240 pounds (a long ton) or 2000 pounds (a short ton) or 1000 kilograms (a metric ton).

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A unit of volume; register ton.

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In refrigeration and air conditioning, a unit of thermal power defined as 12,000 BTU/h (about 3.514 kW or 3024 kcal/h), originally the rate of cooling provided by uniform isothermal melting of one short ton of ice per day at 32 °F (0 °C).

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A large amount.

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I've got tons of work to do.

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A speed of 100 mph.

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One hundred pounds sterling.

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One hundred runs.

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(etc.) One hundred points scored.

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The common tunny, or horse mackerel.

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Lots; large quantities or numbers (of people or things).

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I have tons of pens, but none of them work.

I'd have thought you had tons of friends.

Toby had tons of them in his small bedchamber off hers.

It looked like real food packed on the low tables with meat, gravies, and tons of dishes of what might have been casseroles of varying colors.

Dieu," of 1000 tons burden, making an epoch in its history.

The vessels fitted out for this purpose were the " Eendracht," of 360 tons, commanded by Jacob Lemaire, and the " Hoorn," of 110 tons, under Willem Schouten.

I authorized the dispersal of two tons of water and twenty cases of rations from the emergency site in Raleigh along with hazmat drivers and twelve vehicles.

The borough is finely situated in the Wyoming Valley among the rich anthracite coalfields of eastern Pennsylvania, and its inhabitants are chiefly engaged in the coal industry; in 1906 and 1907 (when it shipped 24,081,4 9 1 tons) Luzerne county shipped more anthracite coal than any other county in Pennsylvania.

In 1909 the acreage of hay alone was 675,000 acres, and the crop was 844,000 tons, valued at $11,225,000.

The total production in 1905 was 149,431 tons; the average price of salt for the island in 1905 was 22d.

In 1898 the list comprised only 1416 sailing vessels of all classes, from Io tons up, with a total tonnage of 118,894 tons, and 222 steamships, of 36,323 tons.

In 1892 the frozen mutton exported was 25,500 tons, and this had increased in 1901 to 63,013 tons.

In 1901 the production of sugar was 151,639 tons, of which 58,000 tons were exported.

For the years I8961905-this was 1,010,000 tons, including both rock- and sea-salt.

Vessels of 2 net tons and upwards are enumerated.

At the beginning of 1908 the total was 17,193 (tonnage, 1,402,647); of these 13,601 (tonnage, 81,833) were vessels of less than 20 tons, while 502 (tonnage, 1,014,506) were over 800 tons.

It is estimated that at one time 2000 tons were produced annually, but the mine was closed ' in 1879.

For many years the average output was from 10,000 to 13,000 tons of ore, yielding from 22 to 23% of copper.

For the period of thirty years during which the mine was worked the production of ore amounted to 234,648 tons, equal to 51,622 tons of copper, valued at £4,749,924.

The more important mines are those of Cobar, where the Great Cobar mine produces annually nearly 4000 tons of refined copper.

Extensive deposits, which are being developed successfully, occur in Tasmania, it being estimated that there are, within easy shipping facilities, 17,000,000 tons of ore.

The coal has been treated and found to be of good quality, and there are grounds for supposing that there are 250,000,000 tons in the field.

The coal mines of New South Wales give employment to 14,000 persons, and the annual production is over 6,600,000 tons.

The quantity of coal extracted annually in Australia had in 1906 reached 7,497,000 tons.

The tonnage of goods carried amounts to about 16,000,000 tons, or 4 tons per inhabitant, which must be considered fairly large, especially as no great proportion of the tonnage consists of minerals on which there is usually a low freightage.

The total area under cotton in 1916, including that grown in Khiva and Bukhara, was 1,838,215 acres, yielding about 18,000,000 poods or 290,000 tons of raw cotton.

The tonnage of the commerce of this port amounted, according to the reports of the United States army engineers, to 107,421 tons in 1904 and to 249,174 tons in 1908, of which in the latter year nearly 80% was lumber.

That the quantity of heat to be got rid of may become very considerable is seen when it is considered that the energy of a load of 60 tons descending through 50 ft.

This method of working is very suitable for electric dock-side cranes of capacities up to about 5 or 7 tons, and for overhead travellers where the height of lift is moderate.

Hammer-headed cranes are generally constructed in large sizes, up to 200 tons.

The subjection of the core to a hydraulic pressure of four tons to the square inch and an electric pressure of 5000 volts from an alternating-current transformer has been adopted, by one manufacturer at least, to secure the detection of masked faults which might develop themselves after submergence.

This fleet of cable ships now numbers over forty, ranging in size from vessels of 300 tons to 10,000 tons carrying capacity.

In 1904, exclusive of coasters and small craft trading with north-west Africa, 562 ships of 604,208 tons entered the port of Cartagena, 259 being British and 150 Spanish; while 90 vessels were accommodated at Porman.

The, importation has, however, enormously increased since 1882from 164,600 to 1,126,368 tons; while the extent of land devoted to corn cultivation has slightly decreased.

The production of maize is, however, insufficient, and 208,719 tons were imported in 1902about double the amount imported in 1882.

The exportation of cornflour pastes sank, however, from 7100 tons to 350 between 1882 and 1902.

Beetroot (Beta vulgaris) is used as fodder, and yields about 10 tons per acre.

The yield for 1901 was 5528 tons, but a large increase took place subsequently, eleven million new plants having been added in southern Italy in 1905.

Flax covers about 160,000 acres, with a product, in fibre, amounting to about 20,000 tons.

During the period 1900190 the average annual production of silk cocoons was 53,500 tons, an of silk 5200 tons.

The importation of machinery amounted to over 5000 tons in 1901.

For sponge fishing no accurate statistics are available before 1896; in that year 75 tons of sponges were secured, but there has been considerable diminution since, only 31 tons being obtained in 1902.

In 1902 there were 48 tunny fisheries, employjng 3006 men, and 5116 tons of fish worth 80,000 were caught.

The total salt production in 1902 was 458,497 tons, of which 248,2i5 were produced in the government salt factories and the rest in the free salt-works of Sicily.

In 1898-1899, 5972 tons were produced, while in 1905 the figure, had risen to 93,916.

Among the steamers the increase has chiefly taken plac in vessels of more than 1000 tons displacement, but the number of large sailing vessels has also increased.

On a second voyage, in 1556, Chancellor was drowned; and three subsequent voyages, led by Stephen Burrough, Arthur Pet and Charles Jackman, in small craft of 50 tons and under, carried on an examination of the straits which lead into the Kara sea.

An acre used to yield on an average 300 tons of phosphatic nodules, value £750.

In 1885 Uruguay imported most of her breadstuffs; now not only is wheat grown in sufficient quantities to meet the local demand, but a surplus (about 20,000 metric tons in 1908-9) is annually available for export.

Beetroot (6-8 million tons annually) for sugar is especially cultivated in Poland, the governments of Kiev, Podolia, Volhynia, Kharkov, Bessarabia and Kherson.

As a producer of iron Russia nevertheless runs France neck and neck for the fourth place amongst the iron-producing countries of the world, her annual output having increased from 1,004,800 metric tons in 1891 to 2,808,000 in 1901 and to 2,900,000 in 1904.