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Mass of the Titanic

Mass of the Titanic (52 million kg)

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If Mass of the Titanic (52 million kg) was a standard unit ...

  • Mass of oil capacity of a TI-class supertanker (518 million kg)...more would be 10 x Mass of the Titanic
  • Mass of world silver production (2014) (26 million kg)...more would be 1/2 of Mass of the Titanic

Is That A Big Number? - The Book

Yes, there's now a book based on these numbers. Oxford University Press: July 2018.

Click here to learn more about it.

Click here for Podcast: Andrew Elliott interviewed for New Books Network.

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