As far as I know, a firkin is not a fixed amount, though it is always a large amount. I have known firkins used to contain many things, but never wine. Maybe wine grapes, but not wine. I remember in the days before paper, our grocer would cut butter from a great firkin he kept in the dairy case, but the wine came from a cask.
David E
From: Sue <sevanetz@telus.net>
To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 5, 2015 11:50 AM
Subject: Re: [pbs] Kelvins Centigrades and Fahrenheits
Sitting on a sailboat in the welcome rain, you made my day.
> On Aug 4, 2015, at 12:50 AM, Leo Martin <stnalpsoel@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Bob Nold wrote
> ***
> In fact I think we should move away from inches, and even millimeters, to a
> more universal system.
>
> Bulbs should normally be planted 2.14787157 x 10 to the minus 17 light
> years deep.
> ***
>
> My chairman frequently made us calculate drug doses administered by
> continuous infusion in firkins per fortnight. We decided it was more
> appropriate to use the wine firkin rather than the others.
>
> Leo Martin
> Zone ?
> Phoenix Arizona USA
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