On 13 Dec 2006 at 19:54, Harold Fuchs wrote:
> On Wednesday, December 13, 2006 7:05 PM [GMT+1=CET], Joe Conner > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Gallons are *not* the same; yours are 16 fluid ounces, ours are 20. > > > > > > Not to put too fine a point on it, but in America, 16 fluid > > ounces is a pint, not a gallon. A gallon has a technical > > definition: 231 cubic inches. > > > > On the other hand, the Imperial (British) gallon is the > > volume of 10 pounds of water, at a temperature of 62°F, > > weighed in air with brass weights, which, by calculation, is > > equivalent to about 277.42 cubic inches (4,546.1 cm³) > You are right; it was a typo; I should have said pint. American pints > are 16 fl. oz. while Engliah ones ar 20. Sorry for any confusion. I > learnt this from someone who had been in the US Navy and had been taught > "a pint's a pound the world around" (a pound being 16 ounces in > anybody's money, except in The Netherlands where a "pund" is 500 grams). > He was quite upset to learn that this was wrong. > In Canada we used the Imperial measurements before we switched to metric, a far superior (and universal) system The British fl. oz. is not the same size as the US fl. oz. 1 ounces (British, fluid) is equal to 28.41 cubic centimetres or cc 1 ounces (US, fluid) is equal to 29.57 cubic centimetres or cc 1 ounces (US, fluid) is equal to 1.0408 ounces (British, fluid) -- Larry I. Gusaas, Moose Jaw, Sask. http://larry-gusaas.com --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 0658-0, 2006-12-13 Tested on: 2006-12-13 2:26:39 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2006 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
