The point is that by the end of the sixteenth century, Shakespeare had written an epic cycle of historical plays mostly touching events that took place between 1397 and the triumph of his own Queen Elizabethâs grandfather Henry VII in 1485. In this, he was conventional.
One ton is equal to 2,000 pounds. Also known as the short ton, the ton is the standard unit of measure used in the United States. There are many different animate and inanimate objects that weigh 1 ton, a fraction of 1 ton or a multiple of 1 ton. The giraffe, the tallest animals on Earth, can weigh more than 1 ton. The giraffe can run as fast as 35 miles an hour and has spots that help camouflage it amongst the trees on the African savanna.
Ton vs. tonne. In American English, a ton is a unit of measurement equaling 2,000 pounds. In non-U.S. measurements, a ton equals 2,240 pounds. A tonne, also known as a metric ton, is a unit of mass equaling 1,000 kilograms. American English speakers generally have no use for tonne, so the spelling rarely appears in U.S. publications.