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Convert from cental to firkin [butter, soap]

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Unit Definition (cental)
The cental is an alternate name in Britain for the U.S. hundredweight, which is equal to exactly 100 pounds (the British hundredweight is 112 pounds). Introduced by British merchants around 1850, the name was apparently coined after the model of the quintal. The cental has sometimes been confused with the centner.

Unit Definition (firkin [butter, soap])
The firkin [butter, soap] is a traditional unit of weight for butter and soap, equal to 4 stone or 56 pounds (about 25.40 kilograms).


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