Long ton, also known as the imperial ton or displacement ton is the name for the unit called the ton in the avoirdupois or Imperial system of measurements standardised in the thirteenth century that is used in the United Kingdom and several other British Commonwealth of Nations countries alongside the mass-based metric ton invented in 1799.
The author of The House Of Seven Gables is Nathaniel Hawthorne.
This is just a glimpse of a look at the Kingâs Head (Tippling Philosopher) that had been at the centre of village life for over 300 years. We would like to thank Richard Duckworth for this extract from his book âYesterdayâs Milborne Portâ Published in 2004 in helping us with this historical information.ollinsonâs âHistory of Somersetâ, published in 1791. The Tippling Philosopher was named after the brilliant scientist, chemist and philosopher Robert Boyle (1627 â 91) who was the 7th son and 15th child of the 1st Earl of Cork. Robert was sent to Eton at 9 and to a tutor in Geneva at 14.