Ezra in USMA 22882 wrote:
Chris mentioned anachronistic measures in his comments about the case of the
Austrian woman who wants to be able to serve beer in litres. In that vein I
just came across the following:
mutchkin -- a Scottish liquid measure of four gills. The old Scottish gallon
contained eight pints, sixteen chopins, 32 mutchkins, or 128 gills.
(Hmmmm...I wonder if the BWMA would support the return of the mutchkin,
along with the gill and the chopin. Care to find out, Chris? ;-)
The French version of the Canadian Weights and Measures Act lists:
UNIT�S CANADIENNES DE MESURE
Mesures de volume ou capacit�
gallon 456 609/100 000 000 du m�tre cube
pinte 1/4 gallon
chopine 1/8 gallon
roquille 1/32 gallon
once fluide 1/160 gallon
drachme fluide 1/8 once fluide
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