Re: a dumb query? pls humor me
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On 02/25/07 16:04, John K Masters wrote:
> 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.
Those damned Brits can't even get the gallon correct!!!
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