Deal (unit)

Short description: Achaic unit of volume used to measure wood

Deal is an obsolete unit of measurement formerly used in the UK and US 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]

## Contents

* 1 Definition
* 2 Conversion
* 3 See also
* 4 References

## 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 ft × 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 ≡ 105 board foot ≡ 0.24777240768 m3

1 Deal (US) ≡ 1.375 cubic foot ≡ 16.5 board foot ≡ 0.0389356640640 m3

1 Whole deal ≡ 55/96 cubic foot ≡ 55/8 (≡ 6.875) board foot ≡ 0.01622319336 m3

1 Split deal ≡ 128 cubic foot ≡ 1536 board foot ≡ 3.624556363776 m3

## See also

* List of obsolete units of measurement

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 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. https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediasci00card_043.
2. ↑ Charles Pope (1819). Practical abridgement of the laws of customs and excise (5th ed.). https://archive.org/details/practicalabridg00unkngoog.
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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