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Re: liquid capacities
From: Lu Abel
Date: 2001 Jul 16, 8:57 PM
From: Lu Abel
Date: 2001 Jul 16, 8:57 PM
The reference given a few weeks back by Dan Allen, http://members.aol.com/JackProot/met/spvolas.html has it all (including how the Imperial pint/quart/gallon got to be 25% larger than the US units). Lu Abel At 12:28 PM 7/16/2001 -0400, you wrote: >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
