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  2. Quart - Wikipedia

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    The reputed quart was a measure equal to two-thirds of an imperial quart (one-sixth of an imperial gallon), or exactly 0.757681 6 liters, which is only 0.08% larger than one US fifth (exactly 0.7570823568 liters).

  3. Alcohol measurements - Wikipedia

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    Called a "Commercial Pint" because it was equivalent to 0.8 US liquid pints. Replaced by the 375 mL "metric pint". Reputed Pint (UK)-13.3 imp oz. 378 mL: The "Reputed Pint" (2 ⁄ 3 Imperial pint or 1 ⁄ 12 Imperial gallon) was devised to split a standard gallon into twelve small bottles. Originally it was based on the British Wine gallon ...

  4. Fluid ounce - Wikipedia

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    An imperial fluid ounce is 1 ⁄ 20 of an imperial pint, 1 ⁄ 160 of an imperial gallon, or exactly 28.4130625 mL. A US customary fluid ounce is 1 ⁄ 16 of a US liquid pint, 1 ⁄ 128 of a US gallon, or exactly 29.5735295625 mL, making it about 4.084% larger than the imperial fluid ounce. A US food labeling fluid ounce is exactly 30 mL.

  5. List of conversion factors - Wikipedia

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    pint (US dry) pt (US dry) ≡ 1 ⁄ ... electronvolt mass-equivalent: eV/c 2: ... 1 ⁄ 100 of the energy required to warm one gram of air-free water from 0 °C to ...

  6. Cooking weights and measures - Wikipedia

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    The system can be traced back to the measuring systems of the Hindus [18]: B-9 and the ancient Egyptians, who subdivided the hekat (about 4.8 litres) into parts of 1 ⁄ 2, 1 ⁄ 4, 1 ⁄ 8, 1 ⁄ 16, 1 ⁄ 32, and 1 ⁄ 64 (1 ro, or mouthful, or about 14.5 ml), [19] and the hin similarly down to 1 ⁄ 32 (1 ro) using hieratic notation, [20] as ...

  7. Comparison of the imperial and US customary measurement ...

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    Both the imperial and US fluid gallon are divided into 4 quarts, 8 pints or 32 gills. [d] However, whereas the US gill is divided into four US fluid ounces, the imperial gill is divided into five imperial fluid ounces. Thus, while the imperial fluid ounce is 3.924% smaller than the US fluid ounce, the imperial gallon, quart, pint and gill are ...

  8. Gill (unit) - Wikipedia

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    Half of a gill is a jack, or one-eighth of a pint. [2] But in northern England, a quarter pint could also be called a jack or a noggin, rather than a gill, and in some areas a half-pint could be called a gill, particularly for beer and milk. [3] [4] [5] In Scotland, there were additional sizes: [6] big gill = 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 gills (213.1 mL)

  9. Historical Russian units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    2.773 pints garnyec [2] га́рнец: pot 1 200 3.279842 L 5.772 pints 3.466 quarts vyedro ведро́: bucket 4 800 13.12 L 2.886 gal 3.466 gal chyetvyerik четвери́к: small quarter 8 1,600 26.239 L 2.886 pecks: 2.978 pecks: os'mina осьми́на: one-eighth 32 6,400 104.955 L 2.886 bushels: 2.978 bushels chyetvyert ...