Load (unit)
'Fother' redirects here. For the method of repairing damaged ships, see fothering.
The load (Latin: carrus, lit. "cartload"), also known as a fodder, fother, and charrus, was an English unit of weight or mass of various amounts, depending on the era and the substance being measured.
Lead load
The load of lead was 30 fotmals, 450 stone, or 2,100 pounds (now 952.544 kg exactly in the case of avoirdupois pounds).
Straw load
The load of hay or straw was 36 trusses or 1,296 pounds[1] (now about 587.8557 kg).
Wood load
The American load of stacked firewood varied. A load of unhewn wood came to 1 2⁄3 cord-feet or 26 2⁄3 cubic feet (now about 0.75512 m³), while a load of hewn wood came to 1 23⁄40 cord-feet or 43 cubic feet[2] (now about 1.1893 m³).
Wool load
The load of wool was 12 wey or 108.13 sacks[1] (now about 1371.66 kg).
See also
References
Citations
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Craderelli (2003), p. 49.
- ↑ Cardarelli (2003), p. 52.
Bibliography
- Craderelli, François (2003), Encyclopaedia of Scientific Units, Weights, and Measures, London: Springer, ISBN 978-1-4471-1122-1.