Long ton, also known as the imperial ton or weight 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 Commonwealth countries alongside the French metrication invented in 1799.
How Great Thou Art  is a Christian hymn based on a Swedish traditional melody and a poem written by Carl Gustav Boberg (1859â1940) in Sweden in 1885.
How Great Thou Art & the 100-Year-Old Bass. The story of George Beverly Shea's signature tune. David Neff / April 17, 2013. This article originally appeared as a post on Christian History in 2009, when George Beverly Shea turned 100 years old. Shea died yesterday at the age of 104.