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Re: liquid capacities
From: UNK
Date: 2001 Jul 16, 11:00 AM
From: UNK
Date: 2001 Jul 16, 11:00 AM
Tom Carr [mailto:tcarr.1@NETZERO.NET] asked: > I have read with great interest the discussion about distance > measurement; cables and shackles and furlongs, etc. How about > some information on casks, barrels, hogsheads, tuns, etc.? > O'Brian and Forrester both make use of the terms but I am curious > about their meaning. Any help out there? Tom Carr from Don Knuth's _Seminumerical Algorithms_: 2 gills = 1 chopin 2 chopins = 1 pint 2 pints = 1 quart 2 quarts = 1 pottle 2 pottles = 1 gallon 2 gallons = 1 peck 2 pecks = 1 demibushel 2 demibushels = 1 bushel or firkin 2 bushels = 1 kilderkin 2 kilderkins = 1 barrel 2 barrels = 1 hogshead 2 hogsheads = 1 pipe 2 pipes = 1 tun