Centner is, with metallurgists, a weight of 100 lb., and it often has this value in commerce. The German centner is however 50 kilogrammes or 110½ lb. avoirdupois; the metric or doppel centner is 100 kilogrammes. The cental of the United States is 100 lb.
Centner
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 3: Catarrh to Dion, p. 64
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