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Definition of Foot-ton
1. Noun. 2240 foot-pounds.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Foot-ton
Literary usage of Foot-ton
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute by United States Naval Institute (1901)
"Referring to this table, Lieutenant Turpin says: " From the above table it appears
that the cost per foot ton of energy is different for different guns; ..."
2. Bridge Engineering by John Alexander Low Waddell (1916)
"Foot Ton.—A unit of work equal to that involved in overcoming one ...
Same as "foot-ton," qv Tongs.—A tool for grasping objects, consisting of two flat, ..."
3. Suspension Bridges, Arch Ribs and Cantilevers by William Hubert Burr (1913)
"If one pound, or one ton, be the unit of load and the foot the unit of length,
each area indicated will represent a moment of one foot pound or one foot ton ..."
4. A Manual of Civil Engineering by William John Macquorn Rankine, William J. Millar (1907)
"... a foot-ton, or an inch-ton, as the case may be. As the transverse dimensions
of beams are expressed in inches, and their moduli of strength in pounds on ..."
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