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In the standard system the conversion is that 1 gallon = 231 cubic inches and 1 inch = 2.54 cm, which makes a gallon = 3785.411784 millilitres exactly. For nutritional labeling on food packages in the US, the teaspoon is defined as exactly 5 ml, [22] giving 1 gallon = 3840 ml exactly. This chart uses the former.
However, apothecaries' weight has now been superseded by the metric system. One important difference is the widespread use in Britain of the stone of 14 pounds ( 6.350 293 18 kg ) for body weight; this unit is not used in the United States, although flour was sold by a barrel of 196 pounds (14 stone) until World War II.
The former Weights and Measures office in Seven Sisters, London (590 Seven Sisters Road). The imperial system of units, imperial system or imperial units (also known as British Imperial [1] or Exchequer Standards of 1826) is the system of units first defined in the British Weights and Measures Act 1824 and continued to be developed through a series of Weights and Measures Acts and amendments.
When James VI of Scotland inherited the English throne in 1603, England and Scotland had different systems of measure. Superficially the English and the Scots units of measure were similar – many had the same names – but there were differences in their sizes: in particular the Scots pint and gallon were more than twice the size of their English counterparts. [3]
1 UK tablespoon = 4: British imperial fluid drachms = 2: UK dessert spoons = 4: UK teaspoons = 8: UK salt spoons = 16: UK pinches (solids only) = 240: UK drops (liquids only) = 1 / 2 British imperial fluid ounce ≈ 3.84: US customary fluid drams ≈ 0.48: US customary fluid ounce ≈ 0.96: US customary tablespoon ≈ 1.44: US customary ...
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The table is confusing. If you check on Google Conversion, the result is different to the table. An example is the UK tablespoon. 1 UK tbsp = 17.7582 mL (Google Conversion). But on the table, you all write 15 mL. Where did you all get the info? Why there's no reference except the Canada and the US? -GogoLion 20:21, 17 September 2023 (UTC)