Ship load

Imperial unit of mass for coal

Ship load is a United Kingdom unit of weight for coal equal to 20 keels or 949,760 pounds (430,800 kg).[1][2][3]

External links

  • NIST Special Publication 811, Guide for the Use of the International System of Units (SI)

References

  1. ^ Cardarelli, François (2003). Encyclopaedia of Scientific Units, Weights and Measures. London: Springer. pp. 48. ISBN 978-1-4471-1122-1.
  2. ^ Gyllenbok, Jan (2018-04-12). Encyclopaedia of Historical Metrology, Weights, and Measures. Birkhäuser. ISBN 9783319667126.
  3. ^ Bailey, John; Culley, George (1797). General View of the Agriculture of the County of Northumberland: Drawn Up for the Consideration of the Board of Agriculture and Internal Improvement. S. Hodgson.
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