Load (amount)
Load is a unit of mass. The historical piece and counting measure was used differently in different countries and cities according to goods and quantity.
- Braunschweig 1 load of pegs = 12 tons
- Bremen 1 load of kippers = 2500 pieces
- England 1 load of bricks = 500 pieces
- England 1 load of fish = 12 barrels / keg = 14,400 pieces
- England 1 load of hides = 144 pieces
- England 1 load of general hides = 240 pieces
- England 1 load of salt = 18 barrels
- England 1 load of bricks = 1000 pieces
- Holland 1 load of pegs = 12 tons
- Holland 1 load of pitch and tar = 13 tons
- Norway 1 load of planks = 51 ½ pieces of planks (Christiana standard)
- Norway 1 load beam / lumber = 75 ½ pieces
- Reval 1 load of pegs = 12 tons
- Stralsund 1 load of pegs = 13 tons
- Stralsund 1 load of packaged goods = 12 tons
literature
- Fr. Silber: The coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world individually calculated according to their values and proportions to all German coins, measures and weights. In addition to information on the trading venues and their billing relationships. Moritz Ruhl, Leipzig 1861, p. 203. Google book