Stuck (unit)
Stuck was a form occasionally found in English writing as a corruption of the German "Stück", itself an abbreviation of Stückfass (formerly written Stückfaß), referring to the volume of a wine cask of around 1000-1200 litres.[1] It was normally used in reference to German wine production.[2][3][4][5]
References
- ^ Adelung, Johann Christoph (1801). Grammatisch-kritisches Wörterbuch der Hochdeutschen Mundart. Vol. 4. Leipzig. pp. 466–467.
- ^ Cardarelli, François (2003). Encyclopaedia of Scientific Units, Weights and Measures. London: Springer. pp. 46. ISBN 978-1-4471-1122-1.
- ^ Gyllenbok, Jan (2018). Encyclopaedia of Historical Metrology, Weights, and Measures. Vol. 3. Birkhäuser. p. 2370. ISBN 9783319667126.
- ^ Jerrard, H. G. (1986). A Dictionary of Scientific Units: Including dimensionless numbers and scales. Springer Science & Business. p. 178. ISBN 9789401705714.
- ^ "WEIGHTS AND MEASURES - NOW AND THEN". orrnamestudy.com. Retrieved 2019-05-20.
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Imperial units
- Twip
- Thousandth of an inch
- Barleycorn
- Inch
- Hand
- Link
- Foot
- Yard
- Fathom
- Rod
- Chain
- Gunter's chain
- Furlong
- Cable
- Mile
- Nautical mile
- League
- Square inch
- Square foot
- Square yard
- Perch
- Rood
- Acre
- Square mile
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- Grain
- Drachm
- Ounce
- Pound (mass)
- Stone
- Quarter
- Slug
- Long hundred
- Hundredweight
- Ship load
- Ton
- British thermal unit
- Degree
- Fahrenheit
- Rankine
- Foot-candle
- Foot-pound
- Foot-poundal
- Horsepower
- Horsepower-hour
- Kenning
- Pound (force)
- Pound-foot
- Poundal
- Span
- Spinning count
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