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Fass (other)
Fass () may refer to: * Fass 57 (SIG 510), a battle rifle * FASS 90 (SIG 550), an assault rifle Fass or Faß is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * John Fass, American graphic designer * Baddon Fass, a fictional character in ''Dark Empire'' and ''Dark Empire II'' * Bob Fass (1933–2021), American radio personality * Frederick Fass (1853–1930), American baseball player * George Fass and Gertrude Fass, see ''77 Sunset Strip'' * Myron Fass, 1970s magazine entrepreneur * Patricia Fass Palmer, producer of ''The Powers That Be (TV series), The Powers That Be'' FASS may also refer to: * FASS curve, a curve in mathematical analysis which is Space-filling curve, space-filling, self-avoiding, simple and self-similar * FASS (drug formulary), Farmaceutiska Specialiteter i Sverige, the Swedish national formulary of drugs *Friends of Assam and Seven Sisters, an international non-profit NGO - see Assamese Associations *FASS, a University of Waterloo theater group See also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barrel
A barrel or cask is a hollow cylindrical container with a bulging center, longer than it is wide. They are traditionally made of wooden stave (wood), staves and bound by wooden or metal hoops. The word vat is often used for large containers for liquids, usually alcoholic beverages; a small barrel or cask is known as a keg. Barrels have a variety of uses, including storage of liquids such as water, oil, and alcohol. They are also employed to hold maturing beverages such as wine, Cognac (brandy), cognac, Armagnac (drink), armagnac, sherry, port wine, port, whiskey, beer, arrack, and sake. Other commodities once stored in wooden casks include gunpowder, Salt-cured meat, meat, fish, paint, honey, nails, and tallow. Modern wooden barrels for wine-making are made of English oak (''Quercus robur''), white Oak (wine), oak (''Quercus petraea''), American white oak (''Quercus alba''), more exotic is mizunara oak (''Quercus crispula''), and recently Oregon oak (''Quercus garryana'') ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
