RE: Gallons vs. Gallons

[ya632@victoria.tc.ca (Paul Nelson)]

At 19:00 2/29/00 -0500, J.R. Leach wrote:
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>> Subject: Gallons vs. Gallons
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>> An American fluid ounce is equal to a British Fluid ounce.
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>NOPE ! :)        covert each to metric and you will see the US fl. oz. = 1.1
>Imp. fl. oz.

        Don't think so, JR.  1fluid ounce Imperial is the amount of water
which weighs one ounce avoirdupois, which, I believe is the same basis as
the US fluid ounce.  Remember, a pint's a pound the world around!  The
Imperial gallon is ten pounds of water, i.e. 160 fl. oz.
PN