Tenn (unit)

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Tenn was an English unit of mass for hard coal .

1 Tenn = 2 Keels = 12 Score = 16 Chaldrons ( Newcastle measure) = 240 baskets = 20 wagons
- 1 wagon ≈ 2 tons or 15 ship pounds

Note : Do not confuse with Ten (unit)

literature

Martin Triewald: About the construction on hard coal. Academic writings, Mannheim 1768, p. 112.
Johann Christian Nelkenbrecher : Nelkenbrecher's pocket book of a banker and merchant: contains the composition and comparison of the coins, measurements, weights, exchange rate, and other things belonging to the trade of the most distinguished trading places. Arnold Wever, Berlin 1786, p. 181.