Load (unit)

The load was an English measure of weight and was taken for wool .

• 1 Load = 12 Sacks = 24 Weys = 156 Tods = 312 Stones = 624 Cloves = 4368 pounds (Troy weight)

The death was also an important wool weight and had 2 stones, the Clove was ½ stone. The latter was the equivalent of 7 pounds.

The dimensions of the load differed from town to town and were also intended for other goods such as meat , fish , flour , salt , cheese , hay and straw . A parliamentary act of June 17, 1824 stipulated for the United Kingdom that from January 1, 1826 a uniform system of measurements and weights should apply. In 1835 there were still changes in size. The replaced dimensions (so-called old dimensions) were for comparison

• 1 Load = 2 Weys = 10 Quarter = 20 Combs = 40 Strikes = 80 Bushels

Examples

• 1 load of beer = 12 barrels
• 1 load of gunpowder = 24 barrels = 2400 pounds
• 1 load of salt = 18 barrels
• 1 load of flour, soap , potash , pitch , tar = 12 barrels
• 1 load fish, cod liver oil = 12 barrels

literature

• Society of learned and practical merchants: General encyclopedia for merchants and manufacturers as well as for businessmen in general: or, Complete dictionary. Otto Wigand publishing house, Leipzig 1838