- 1. RE: Regarding Weber Fuel Economy -Reply -Reply (score: 1)
- Author: Kenneth Scott <KSCOTT@holycross.edu>
- Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 15:30:09 -0500
- I'm a bit confused. The imperial gallon is, I believe, larger than the US gallon. If this is the case then the, let's say that the imperial gallon is 5 quarts while the US is 4 quarts. A figure of 3
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- 2. RE: Regarding Weber Fuel Economy -Reply -Reply (score: 1)
- Author: mmcewen@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca (John McEwen)
- Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 15:32:50 -0500
- 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 completel
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- 3. RE: Regarding Weber Fuel Economy -Reply -Reply (score: 1)
- Author: Simon.MATTHEWS@st.com
- Date: Thu, 13 Mar 97 09:07:58 +0100
- 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
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- 4. RE: Regarding Weber Fuel Economy -Reply -Reply (score: 1)
- Author: Bob Holton <bholton@golden.net>
- Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 06:55:28 -0500
- 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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- 5. RE: Regarding Weber Fuel Economy -Reply -Reply (score: 1)
- Author: Simon.MATTHEWS@st.com
- Date: Thu, 13 Mar 97 12:54:03 +0100
- Oops, that should be 16 or 20 oz to the pint, of course, not gallon! 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.)
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- 6. RE: Regarding Weber Fuel Economy -Reply -Reply (score: 1)
- Author: Leckstein <bleckstein@monmouth.com>
- Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 19:34:38 -0500
- 16 oz in a gallon? This list has few math majors, and less scientist. This history major knows better. Mike
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- 7. RE: Regarding Weber Fuel Economy -Reply -Reply (score: 1)
- Author: Leckstein <bleckstein@monmouth.com>
- Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 19:42:48 -0500
- The difference between the gallons is because of the size of the pints, 16(U.S.) 20(UK) Each has 8 pints in it. The fraction is 16 over 20, which reduces to 4over 5. This is the ratio, right? Mike
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- 8. RE: Regarding Weber Fuel Economy -Reply -Reply (score: 1)
- Author: Simon.MATTHEWS@st.com
- Date: Thu, 13 Mar 97 14:15:51 +0100
- nope. As I mentioned before, the definition of a fluid oz also seems to differ between Imperial and US measurements, so a US gallon is about 5/6 of an imperial gallon (and, of course, a US pint is a
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- 9. RE: Regarding Weber Fuel Economy -Reply -Reply (score: 1)
- Author: Leckstein <bleckstein@monmouth.com>
- Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 04:23:24 -0500
- Simon, This really got me curious. I U.S. ounce is 1.04 UK. Thus 1 UK ounce is .961 U.S. ounce.1 gallon UK is 160 ouncesU.K. Thus 1 gallon UK is 153.8 US ounces. Now then the Imperial gallon is one U
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- 10. RE: Regarding Weber Fuel Economy -Reply -Reply (score: 1)
- Author: Ross MacPherson <arm@unix.infoserve.net>
- Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 17:00:51 -0800
- Practice, practice practice...... ___ \______ Ross MacPherson / __ \ __ / /--|) arm@unix.infoserve.net / (___)--/ (___) Vancouver, BC, Canada 1947 MG-TC 3528 1966 MGB-GT
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