Re: a dumb query? pls humor me
On Sun, 25 Feb 2007 23:40:57 +0200
Andrei Popescu <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Feb 2007 15:09:40 -0500
> Michael Pobega <pobega@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > No, I know that they all use the metric system. Hell, my father is
> > married to a Brit. But I always forget that they use it, and I
>
> Where do you think the "Imperial" system comes from?
>
> Regards,
> Andrei
Don't forget the US gallon is different to the Imperial gallon
From Wikipedia:-
There are three definitions in current use:
* U.S. liquid gallon is legally defined as 231 in³, which is equal
to 3.785411784 liters (exactly) or about 0.13368 cubic feet. This is
the most common definition of a gallon. The U.S. fluid ounce is defined
as 1/128 of a U.S. gallon.
* U.S. dry gallon is one-eighth of a U.S. Winchester bushel of
2150.42 in³, thus 268.8025 in³ (exactly) or 4.40488377086 liters
(exactly)
* Imperial (UK) gallon is legally defined as 4.54609 litres, which
is about 1.2 U.S. liquid gallons. This definition is occasionally used
in United Kingdom, and is based on the volume of 10 pounds of water at
62 °F. (A U.S. liquid gallon weighs about 8.33 pounds at the same
temperature.) The Imperial fluid ounce is defined as 1/160 of an
Imperial gallon.
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