South African Class 4 4-8-2 Class 4 on the SAR. Both locomotives were placed in service in the Karoo, working between Touws River and Beaufort West. In their later years they were stationed at Worcester, from where they were used extensively on and around the Cape Western system’s mainline, working pick-up goods trains to De Doorns in the Hex River valley and on the Mosselbaai line via Robertson. They were withdrawn from service by 1938. The main picture shows SAR no. 1478 at Worcester, c. 1930, with Cole's Pop safety valves. South African Class 4 4-8-2 The South African Railways Class 4 4-8-2 of 1911
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