Barrel (unit)
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barrel-unit-168-1863475
title:
Barrel (unit)
text:
A barrel is one of several units of volume applied in various contexts; there are dry barrels, fluid barrels, oil barrels, and so forth. For historical reasons the volumes of some barrel units are roughly double the volumes of others; volumes in common use range approximately from 100 to 200 litres. In many connections the term drum is used almost interchangeably with barrel. Since medieval times the term barrel as a unit of measure has had various meanings throughout Europe, ranging from about
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Series of units for volume measurement
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrel_(unit)
date created:
2004-04-13T13:24:19Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T21:05:02Z
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