Biology Prefixes and Suffixes: (phago- or phag-) The prefix (phago- or phag-) means to eat, consume, or destroy. It is derived from the Greek phagein, which means to consume. Related suffixes include: (-phagia), (-phage), and (-phagy).
The tons to pounds conversion factors are listed below. To find out how many pounds in tons, multiply by the right conversion factor or use the converter below to convert from short tons. 1 Short Ton [US] = 2 000 Pounds. 1 Long Ton [UK] = 2 240 Pounds.
Wendy Krieger, designer of measurement systems for many bases. A ton is a large barrel, holding 20 cwt, which gives 2400 lbs. Coal has the density of 14/15 of water, so a C of water and 112 lbs of coal fill the same space, so the ton of coal is 2240 lbs. A decimal hundred appeared in the midlands in the nineteenth century, and was exported to america. twenty of such five-score hundredweights gives 2000 lbs only.