South African Class 19D 4-8-2 South African Class 19D 4-8-2 The South African Railways Class 19D 4-8-2 of 1937 was a steam locomotive. Between 1937 and 1949, the South African Railways placed 235 Class 19D steam locomotives with a 4-8-2 Mountain type wheel arrangement in service. Between 1951 and 1955, 33 more were built for other operators like the Rhodesia and Angolan railways and the Nkana and Wankie mines, which makes the Class 19D the most numerous South African steam locomotive type ever built. The Class 19D 4-8-2 steam locomotive was the final development of the Class 19 family of locomotives. At the request of
Minim (unit) Minim (unit) The minim (abbreviated min, , , or ) is a unit of volume in both the imperial and US customary systems of measurement. Specifically it is of a fluidram or of a fluid ounce. In the Pharmacopoeia, it is also noted that the minim was originally created by Mr Timothy Lane, F.R.S., as parts per wine gallon. The minim was introduced in the 1809 edition of "The Pharmacopœia of the Royal College of Physicians of London" as a replacement for the drop, which had previously been the smallest unit of the apothecaries' system. It was observed that the