-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 02/25/07 16:04, John K Masters wrote: > On Sun, 25 Feb 2007 23:40:57 +0200 > Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Sun, 25 Feb 2007 15:09:40 -0500 >> Michael Pobega <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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!!! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFF4gtMS9HxQb37XmcRAoOkAJ9e3fr8EtZBmyOnir2PNoDJlYEzgQCeNypF 8XYUwe6xHDnoRaDqznX2dJw= =bScb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
