The foundry marked this cannon's weight as 33 - 1 - 17, meaning 33 hundredweight plus one quarter plus 17 pounds. One hundredweight equalled 112 pounds, and one quarterweight equalled 28 pounds. Thus this cannon weighs 3741 pounds. One kilogram equals 2.205 pounds. This cannon's weight works out to 1697 kilograms (at the time of manufacture, not much changed now). |