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2. English wine cask units - Wikipedia

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   The tun (Old English: tunne, Latin: tunellus, Middle Latin: tunna) is an English unit of liquid volume (not weight), used for measuring wine, oil or honey. It is typically a large vat or vessel, most often holding 252 wine gallons, but occasionally other sizes (e.g. 256, 240 and 208 gallons) were also used. [1]

3. Tun (unit) - Wikipedia

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   The tun (Old English: tunne, Latin: tunellus, Medieval Latin: tunna) is an English unit of liquid volume (not weight), used for measuring wine, [1] oil or honey. Typically a large vat or vessel, most often holding 252 wine gallons, but occasionally other sizes (e.g. 256, 240 and 208 gallons) were also used. [2] The modern tun is about 954 litres.

4. Drum (container) - Wikipedia

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   Drum (container) A typical 208.2-litre (55 US or 44 imp gal) tight head drum. Low level nuclear waste in open head steel drums. A drum (also called a barrel) is a cylindrical shipping container used for shipping bulk cargo. Drums can be made of steel, dense paperboard (commonly called a fiber drum), or plastic, and are generally used for the ...

5. Barrel (unit) - Wikipedia

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   Both the 42-US-gallon (159 L) barrels (based on the old English wine measure), the tierce (159 litres) and the 40-US-gallon (150 L) whiskey barrels were used. Also, 45-US-gallon (170 L) barrels were in common use. The 40 gallon whiskey barrel was the most common size used by early oil producers, since they were readily available at the time.

6. Barrel - Wikipedia

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   Wine was shipped in barrels of 119 litres (31 US gal; 26 imp gal). A barrel of oil, defined as 42 US gallons (35 imp gal; 160 L), is still used as a measure of volume for oil, although oil is no longer shipped in barrels. The barrel has also come into use as a generic term for a wooden cask of any size.

7. Alcohol measurements - Wikipedia

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   An American tumbler is 1 ⁄ 2 of a US fluid pint, the same size as a cup. Whiskey Barrel: 53 US gallons: 44 Imp. gallons: 200 L: American Standard Barrel (ASB). An international standard measurement for whiskey. Whiskey Hogshead: 66 US gallons: 55 Imp. gallons--250 L: An international standard measurement for whiskey. Whiskey Butt: 132 US ...