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Definition of Poods
1. pood [n] - See also: pood
Lexicographical Neighbors of Poods
Literary usage of Poods
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal by Iron and Steel Institute (1893)
"At the present time there aro upwards of 1000 oil-wells producing, the output
being 400000 poods (6430 tons) per twenty-four hours. ..."
2. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1903)
"... poods to Germany, France, and Belgium. The naphtha exports in 1900 were ...
besides 52000 poods of preserved eggs in cans, valued at 231000 rubles. ..."
3. Geology of Petroleum by William Harvey Emmons (1921)
"PETROLEUM PRODUCED IN RUSSIA, 1907-1917 (After Northrup) "(51 OS ponds—1 metric
ton crude; 8.33 poods crude=l United States barrel of 42 gallons; 8 poods ..."
4. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1886)
"There was an export of 1400 poods of vaseline, paraf, fine, etc., in 1884.
The exports from Batoum- Poti, and Novorossisk!, in 1884, were as follow : raw ..."
5. Through Siberia, the Land of the Future by Fridtjof Nansen (1914)
"The following are considered good yields : of wheat, 100-120 poods per ...
21 bushels per acre); of oats 120-140 poods (37'6 to 44 hectolitres per hectare, ..."
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