mmcewen@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca (John McEwen) wrote:
> You're right Ken, I was never any good at math. The reality is that
> there
> are 160 oz. in an Imperial gallon and 128 oz. in a US. gal. I was
> busily
> converting from litres to US quarts and I completely outsmarted
> myself.
> Sorry for the confusion.
Unfortunately, John, you are still not quite right -- there are 16
fluid oz in a US gallon and 20 in an imperial gallon. HOWEVER, it
appears that the definition of a fluid oz is also not consistent
between the two measurement systems, and a US gallon is approximately
5/6 of an imperial gallon, not 4/5 as you have assumed.
Regards,
Simon
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