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chaldron (also
chauldron or chalder) was an
English measure of dry volume,
mostly used for coal; the word
itself is an
obsolete spelling of cauldron...
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tipping trough,
often found in mines.
Known in the UK as a
tippler or
chaldron wagon and in the US as a mine car.
Mining cart
shown in De Re Metallica...
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Newcastle upon Tyne, in the
United Kingdom. It was emplo**** to haul coal
chaldron wagons from the mine at
Wylam to the
docks at
Lemington in Northumberland...
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related to Cauldrons. Look up
cauldron in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Chaldron, an
obsolete spelling of 'cauldron', an
English measure of dry volume....
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tippler or
chaldron wagon, and in the US as a mine car. The
first railway bulk-cargo gondolas, the
first freight wagons, were the
chaldron cars of the...
- the Troy pound. 1963 c. 31 —
Weights and
Measures Act 1963
abolished the
chaldron of coal, the
fluid drachm and
minim (effective 1
February 1971), discontinued...
- 422 mm) was set to
accommodate the
existing gauge of
hundreds of horse-drawn
chaldron wagons that were
already in use on the
wagonways in the mines. The railway...
- calorigenic, calorimeter, caudle, cauldron, chafe, chafery, chalder,
chaldron, chaud-froid, chauffer, chauffeur, chauffeuse, decalescence, decalescent...
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Newcastle chaldron (pronounced
chalder in Newcastle) of coal,
about 53 long cwt (5,900 lb; 2,700 kg). This
differed from the
London chaldron,
which was...
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Teaspoon Tablespoon Fluid ounce Cup Pint
Quart Trade gallon Gallon Other Chaldron Minim Gill
Fluid Scruple Fluid Drachm Peck
Bushel Barrel Stuck Hogshead...
