Deal (unit)

Deal was an archaic UK and US unit of volume used to measure wood.[1] In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, a deal originally referred to a wooden board between 12 and 14 feet long that was traded as a maritime commodity.[2][3]

Definition

Deal (UK) is equal to 7 ft × 6 ft × 5/2 in.[1]

Deal (US) is equal to 12 ft × 11 in × 3/2 in.[1]

Whole deal is equal to 12 × 11 in × 5/8 in.[1]

Split deal is equal to 12 ft × 8 ft × 16 in.[1]

Conversion

1 Deal (UK) ≡ 8.75 cubic foot

1 Deal (UK)≡ 0.24777240768 m3

1 Deal (US) ≡ 1.375 cubic foot. (Note: This disagrees with the value stated above, which amounts to 16.5 cu. ft.)

1 Deal (US)≡ 0.0389356640640 m3

1 Whole deal ≡ 55/96 cubic foot (note: The value above gives 55/8 = 6.875 cu. ft)

1 whole deal≡ 0.01622319336 m3 1 Split deal ≡ 128 cubic foot

1 Split deal ≡ 3.624556363776 m3

See also

References
  1. Cardarelli, F. (2003). Encyclopaedia of Scientific Units, Weights and Measures. Their SI Equivalences and Origins. London: Springer. pp. 52. ISBN 978-1-4471-1122-1.
  2. Charles Pope (1819). "CCXLIII". Practical abridgement of the laws of customs and excise (5th ed.).
  3. John Ramsey McCulloch (1840). "Docks on the Thames (London)". A Dictionary Practical, Theoretical and Historical of Commerce and Commercial Navigation. 1. Thomas Wardle. p. 590.
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