At 09:07 AM 3/13/97 +0100, Simon.MATTHEWS@st.com 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
>
>
16 oz in a gallon? This list has few math majors, and less scientist. This
history major knows better.
Mike
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