What is a US teaspoon?

A US teaspoon is a unit of volume in the United States customary system equal to 1/6 of a US fluid ounce or exactly 4.92892159375 milliliters.

A tun is a traditional English large volume unit historically used for liquid casks, approximately equal to 252 wine gallons or about 954 litres.

Why convert teaspoons to tuns?

This conversion helps translate small household or recipe liquid amounts into large-scale historical liquid volume units, useful when working with archival data or old brewing records.

How to Convert from Teaspoon (US) to Tun

Learn how to convert volume measurements from US teaspoons to tuns, a traditional large English liquid volume unit, using an easy and accurate online converter.

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What Is This Tool?

This tool converts volumes from the US teaspoon, a small customary kitchen unit, into the tun, a much larger traditional English volume used historically for large casks. It is useful for translating small liquid measurements into large-scale historical units.

How to Use This Tool?

Enter the volume value in US teaspoons you wish to convert.
Select US teaspoon as the input unit and tun as the output unit.
Click the convert button to see the equivalent amount in tuns.
Review the result expressed in the traditional tun measurement.
Use the conversion for historical research, brewing contexts, or recipe scaling.

Key Features

Converts from US teaspoon to the traditional English tun unit.
Simple and user-friendly interface for quick volume conversions.
Provides accurate results based on defined conversion rates.
Useful for historical, archival, and brewing measurement conversions.
Operates entirely within your web browser with no installation required.

Examples

Converting 10 teaspoons (US) results in 0.00005167 tun.
Converting 1000 teaspoons (US) results in 0.005167 tun.

Common Use Cases

Measuring small ingredient amounts and converting them to large liquid volumes.
Translating household liquid quantities into historical cask capacities.
Archival research involving old brewery or distillery records.
Analyzing customs and taxation data for historical liquid shipments.
Restoring or interpreting traditional recipes with large volume units.

Tips & Best Practices

Understand the large size difference between teaspoons and tuns to interpret results correctly.
Use this conversion primarily for historical or archival purposes.
Keep in mind that tun definitions have varied regionally and over time.
Double-check conversions when working with critical historical measurements.
Remember that very small decimal values are common due to unit size differences.

Limitations

The tun has historically varied in size and may not be exact in all contexts.
Conversions yield very small decimal results due to the huge volume difference.
The tun unit is rarely used in modern measurements outside archival or specialized fields.
Precision and rounding issues may arise given the large volume gap.
Conversions are mainly useful for historical or engineering archival work rather than daily use.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is a US teaspoon?: A US teaspoon is a unit of volume in the United States customary system equal to 1/6 of a US fluid ounce or exactly 4.92892159375 milliliters.
What is a tun?: A tun is a traditional English large volume unit historically used for liquid casks, approximately equal to 252 wine gallons or about 954 litres.
Why convert teaspoons to tuns?: This conversion helps translate small household or recipe liquid amounts into large-scale historical liquid volume units, useful when working with archival data or old brewing records.

Key Terminology

Teaspoon (US): A unit of volume in the US customary system, equal to 1/6 of a US fluid ounce or exactly 4.92892159375 milliliters.
Tun: A traditional large English liquid volume unit used for large casks, historically defined as 252 wine gallons or about 954 litres, with its size varying by region and era.
Conversion Rate: The factor used to translate one unit measurement into another; for this tool, 1 US teaspoon equals 0.0000051669973544974 tuns.

Quick Knowledge Check

Which unit is smaller: a US teaspoon or a tun?

US teaspoon

Tun

Both units are the same size

For what purpose is converting teaspoons to tuns mostly used?

Daily cooking measurements

Historical or archival research

Modern liquid sales

Approximately how many milliliters are there in one US teaspoon?

4.93 mL

100 mL

1 liter

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