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United States Bureau of Transportation Statistics | A Dictionary of Weights, Measures, and Units, edited by Donald Fenna, Oxford University Press• "Historically, a very important and standard cargo for European sailing vessels was wine, stored and shipped in casks called tuns |
A tun of wine weighed approximately 2,240 pounds, and occupied nearly 60 cubic feet.
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