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Definition of Board of Trade unit
1. Noun. A unit of energy equal to the work done by a power of 1000 watts operating for one hour.
Generic synonyms: Energy Unit, Heat Unit, Work Unit
Terms within: Watt-hour
Lexicographical Neighbors of Board Of Trade Unit
Literary usage of Board of Trade unit
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Practical Electricity: A Laboratory and Lecture Course for First Year by William Edward Ayrton (1897)
"2; for, since the resistance of the battery was equal to that of the external
circuit, 1 Board of Trade unit of energy was wasted in heating the battery, ..."
2. Cassier's Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02877163] (1908)
"The cost of coal per Board of Trade unit is 0.004«/. Attendance charges taken at
3/6i/ per ton. give a total of 0.032«/ per Board of Trade unit as the cost ..."
3. The Electrical Engineer (1898)
"... nd including the first six units per quarter per 8-cp lamp d. per Board of
Trade unit, above that quantity all con- in U charged at rates varying from ..."
4. An Elementary Class-book of Practical Coal-mining: For the Use of Students by Thomas Hansom Cockin (1906)
"The ampere is the unit of current. The ohm is the unit of resistance. The watt
is the unit of power. The Board of Trade Unit (BT Unit) is the unity of ..."
5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1904)
"Again, if these results be accepted, since the Board of Trade unit, as from the
wire standards, is less than that of the Association by •006 per cent., ..."
6. Electric Lighting Accounts by George Johnson (1904)
"premises, charging a certain rate per Board of Trade unit for any quantity up to
that which would be taken by the maximum number of lamps on at any one time ..."
7. The Electrical Equipment of Collieries by William Galloway Duncan, David Penman (1908)
"... and insulators—Units of measurement—Volt—Ampere—Ohm—Coulomb—Farad—Joule—Watt
—Henry—Board of Trade unit—Derived units —Primary cells—Leclanche ..."
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