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Chaldron   Listen
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Chaldron  n.  An English dry measure, being, at London, 36 bushels heaped up, or its equivalent weight, and more than twice as much at Newcastle. Now used exclusively for coal and coke. Note: In the United States the chaldron is ordinarily 2,940 lbs, but at New York it is 2,500 lbs.






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"Chaldron" Quotes from Famous Books



... of Ipswich the masters of these ships generally dwelt, and there were, as they then told me, above a hundred sail of them, belonging to the town at one time, the least of which carried fifteen score, as they compute it, that is, 300 chaldron of coals; this was about the year 1668 (when I first knew the place). This made the town be at that time so populous, for those masters, as they had good ships at sea, so they had large families who lived plentifully, and in very good houses ...
— Tour through the Eastern Counties of England, 1722 • Daniel Defoe



Words linked to "Chaldron" :   Imperial capacity unit, British capacity unit



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