Lowry (unit)

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Lowry was a unit of mass (weight) and a measure of coal . The measure was derived from the railroad cart, an open transport vehicle with a low box.

1 Lowry = 90 quintals = 4500 kilograms

Later a Lowry had 10 tons .

literature

Otto Wolfien: Diary 1914/15. BoD - Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2009, ISBN 978-3-83708-474-0 , p. 22.
Otto Lueger : Lexicon of the entire technology and its auxiliary sciences. Volume 6, Stuttgart / Leipzig 1908, p. 232.