At 10:13 AM 5/22/2007, you wrote: >In Imperial measure, 8 pints make a gallon and 2 pints make a quart..... > >US quarts???...
Two Imperial pints makes an Imperial Quart, as it does in US Customary measure. >:-) > >Rob > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >Behalf Of Chuck Harris >Sent: 22 May 2007 15:04 >To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement >Subject: Re: [time-nuts] 15 ns vs. 15 nS > >Rob Kimberley wrote: > > Happy memories... > > > > I remember being switched half way through my "A" Level Physics course > > from cgs to MKS in 1968. > > > > Legal here in UK to show weights & measures in shops in both metric > > and imperial systems. Fuel at petrol (gas) stations sold in litres, > > and distance on roads still shown in miles (!!). Never did understand > > how the US gallon was smaller than the Imperial one though... > > > >Pretty simple, really, a US gallon is 4 quarts (as in quarters), an imperial >gallon is 5 quarts. > >The real question is when did the imperial gallon pick up the extra quart. > >-Chuck Harris > >_______________________________________________ >time-nuts mailing list >[email protected] >https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > > > >_______________________________________________ >time-nuts mailing list >[email protected] >https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list [email protected] https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
