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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 ...
The cajón is the most widely used Afro-Peruvian musical instrument since the late 19th century. [ 2 ] Enslaved people of west and central African origin in the Americas are considered to be the source of the cajón drum. Currently, the instrument is common in musical performance throughout some of the Americas and Spain.
ISO 668 – Series 1 freight containers – Classification, dimensions and ratings is an ISO international standard which nominally classifies intermodal freight shipping containers, and standardizes their sizes, measurements and weight specifications. [1] The current version of the standard is the Seventh edition (2020), which integrates ...
Timbales (/ tɪmˈbɑːliːz /) or pailas are shallow single-headed drums with metal casing. They are shallower than single-headed tom-toms and usually tuned much higher, especially for their size. [ 1 ] They were developed as an alternative to classical timpani in Cuba in the early 20th century and later spread across Latin America and the ...
Claves (/ ˈklɑːveɪz, kleɪvz /; Spanish: [ˈklaβes]) are a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of short, wooden sticks about 20–25 centimeters (8–10 inches) long and about 2.5 centimeters (1 inch) in diameter. [1][2] Although traditionally made of wood (typically rosewood, ebony or grenadilla) many modern manufacturers offer ...
A Salvage Drum[1] is an outer container used for shipping a leaking, damaged or non-compliant drum containing hazardous materials. [2] Several designs are available. [3][4][5] Originally designed to be greater than, or equal to, the construction and performance specifics of an inner container, the Performance Oriented Packaging Standards (POPS ...
The modern pan is a chromatically pitched percussion instrument made from 200-litre industrial drums. [4]Drum refers to the steel drum containers from which the pans are made; the steel drum is more correctly called a steel pan or pan as it falls into the idiophone family of instruments, and so is not a drum (which is a membranophone).
Intermodal container. A 40-foot-long (12.2 m) shipping container. Each of its eight corners has an essential corner casting for hoisting, stacking, and securing. Containers stacked on a large ship. An intermodal container, often called a shipping container, or cargo container, (or simply “container”) is a large metal crate designed and ...