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) In my experience, industrial products, especially lubricants, were purchased in 55-gal. steel drums - sometimes 30-gal. These were cylindrical, with two ridges formed into the circumference for reinforcement.
- ) In my experience, industrial products, especially lubricants, were purchased in 55-gal.
- steel drums - sometimes 30-gal.
- These were cylindrical, with two ridges formed into the circumference for reinforcement.
- I think of barrels as wooden, assembled from curved "staves," giving the barrel a "bulging" shape.
- I think of Budweiser being "beechwood aged" in such barrels.
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Just my impression (I'm way out of date on this.) In my experience, industrial products, especially lubricants, were purchased in 55-gal. steel drums - sometimes 30-gal. These were cylindrical, with two ridges formed into the circumference for reinforcement.
I think of barrels as wooden, assembled from curved "staves," giving the barrel a "bulging" shape. I think of Budweiser being
I think of barrels as wooden, assembled from curved "staves," giving the barrel a "bulging" shape. I think of Budweiser being
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I believe this is a drum then. Avangi, are those the two ridges you are talking about? By the way, is groove the opposite of ridge?
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Sure looks like a drum to me, but the distinction is becoming blurred, I believe. Affirmative on the ridges and grooves.
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BTW, a barrel of oil is 42 US gallons, or about 35 imperial gallons.
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> I think of barrels as wooden, assembled from curved "staves," giving the barrel a "bulging" shape.
I agree with Avangi on this one
I agree with Avangi on this one
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Barrel is s measuement (approx. 119.3 liters). The Word for the wooden container in question is 'cask'. (Just saw a documentary about the last Master Cooper (cask maker) in Britain.??)
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