Oops, that should be 16 or 20 oz to the pint, of course, not gallon!
Regards,
Simon
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Subject: RE: Regarding Weber Fuel Economy -Reply -Reply
Author: bholton at internet/DD.RFC-822=bholton@golden.net
Date: 13/03/97 11:55
At 09:07 AM 3/13/97 +0100, you wrote:
> 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
>
>
>
Sorry Simon,
A Canadian bottle of beer has approx. 12 fluid ounces, I know I can't drink
a gallon(Imperial or U.S.).
Bob
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