The 1-1-1 on the anvil is the weight of the anvil in an old system of units. Table 3圆 Port-A-Torch Set Peter Wright 110lb Anvil Bench Drill. The other one is my great grandfathers anvil that came from the old country. 1st number identifies how many hundredweight (112 pounds). Peter Wright Anvils are some of the finest quality anvils. Couplers Anvil Pullers Air Tools (60+) 1/16 Scale Farm Toys. One is about 100 lbs and has Trenton and below Wright Anvil USA. © 2006 - 2012 Jock Dempsey, www.anvilfire. English anvils (like Peter Wright) used the hundredweight system to identify weight. Quality, welding and other anvil miscelania.The set of weights would never have more than a total of 27 in pounds, only 3 quarter hundred weights and as many hundred weights as needed.Ī pounds weight set without duplicates or extras would be composed of: The system seems unweildly but if you use a balance scale and the proper weights you just count the large weights, and total up the small ones and you are done. This calculator does not have a place for tonnes. 2240 pounds (20 CWT) and over is a "long tonne".The last (right hand) position is pounds and must be equal to 27 or less.Any info on the quality This particular anvil is at least a couple of hundred pounds and is 60+ years old. If it looks like a five then it is a two or a three. 1 I was hoping someone here may have some knowledge about Peter/Wright Anvils.
The middle position equals quarters (1/4) of a hundred weight.Any position can be zero, and IF zero is marked with a zero character (0).Where the base unit is a hundredweight (CWT or 112 pounds) which is divided into quarter hundredweights, stones and pounds.Ĭommonly used to mark anvil weights before the adoption of the metric system in Great Britain.Įnter digits from your anvil or other object
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