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Imperial measurements was "Crossrail budget may be slashed by a third"
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Bill Borland wrote: In article .com, bob writes One American gallon: 3.785 litres One Imperial gallon: 4.546 litres The difference stems not from the difference in gallons, but from the two different definitions of the pint. The Imperial pint is 20 Fl Oz, while the US pint is only 16. From that basis, the quart and the gallon are each defined in the same way with respect to their relevant pints. And the original reason for *that* is that the British pint was originally the space occupied by one pound of dried peas (God knows why) whereas the US pint was defined as the space occupied by one pound of water, which seemed to be a more accurately reproducible quantity. Even more bizarrely the ratio 3.785:4.546 is not the same as 16:20 (or 4:5 or 0.8) because US and Imperial fluid ounces are different. I didn't know about the dried peas, but one Imperial gallon of water is 10 pounds and one Imperial fluid ounce of water weighs one ounce. Wikipedia will tell you more. Sam |
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