Tub was a unit of capacity or of weight used in Britain and elsewhere.
British unit for butter and cheese
British laws for the sale of goods defined a tub of butter as a receptacle of a size which could contain 84 pounds of butter.[1][2]
Definition
1 tub of butter or cheese = 84 pounds[1][2]
Conversion
1 tub = 1.5 Firkin (1 Firkin = 56 lbs)[1][2]
Metric equivalent
1 tub = 38 kg
Other commodities
The Oxford English Dictionary has quotations illustrating other values of a "tub" as a unit:[3]
- Tea (1706): "about 60 pounds"
- "Camphire" (1706): "from 56 to 86 pounds"
- Vermilion (1706): "3 to 4 hundred weight" (i.e. 336-448 pounds)
- Camphor (1858): "130 Dutch lbs"
In Newfoundland, Canada, a tub of coal was defined as 100 pounds, while a tub of herrings was 16 Imperial gallons and a tub of salt was 18 Imperial gallons.[4]
References
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