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The American Twelfth (10.66 US oz [315 mL], or 1 ⁄ 12 a US gallon), American Commercial Pint (12.8 US fl oz [378 mL], or 1 ⁄ 10 a US gallon) / British Reputed Pint (13.33 imp oz [378 mL], or 1 ⁄ 12 an Imperial gallon), and Canadian "stubby" bottle (12 imp oz [341 mL]) may have been factors. Stubbie (AUS) 375mL: 12.68 US fl oz: 13.2 imp oz
London 'Guildhall' gallon (before 1688) was 129.19 imp fl oz (3,671 mL) then; Old English (Queen Anne) wine gallon was standardized as 231 in 3 (133 imp fl oz; 3,790 mL) in the 1706 act 6 Ann. c. 27: Jersey gallon (from 1562 onwards) was 139.20 imp fl oz (3,955 mL) Guernsey gallon (17th century origins until 1917) was 150.14 imp fl oz (4,266 mL)
The US fluid ounce is based on the US gallon, which in turn is based on the wine gallon of 231 cubic inches that was used in the United Kingdom prior to 1824. With the adoption of the international inch, the US fluid ounce became 1 ⁄ 128 gal × 231 in 3 /gal × (2.54 cm/in) 3 = 29.5735295625 mL exactly, or about 4% larger than the imperial unit.
The common 55-gallon size of drum for storing and transporting various products and wastes is sometimes confused with a barrel, though it is not a standard measure. In the U.S., single servings of beverages are usually measured in fluid ounces. Milk is usually sold in half-pints (8 fluid ounces), pints, quarts, half gallons, and gallons.
* For many years, the US standard (non-metric) wine and liquor bottle was the "fifth", meaning one-fifth of a US gallon, or 25.6 US fluid ounces (757 mL; 26.6 imp fl oz). Some beverages also came in tenth-gallon [12.8 US fluid ounces (379 mL; 13.3 imp fl oz)], eighth-gallon [1 US pint, or 16 US fluid ounces (473 mL; 16.7 imp fl oz)], sixth ...
On a larger scale, perhaps for institutional cookery, an Imperial gallon is eight Imperial pints (160 imp fl oz, 4.546 litres) whereas the US gallon is eight US pints (128 US fl oz, 3.785 litres). The metric system was officially adopted in the UK, for most purposes, in the 20th century and both imperial and metric are taught in schools and ...
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In L. Frank Baum's The Patchwork Girl of Oz, one of the ingredients required for a magic spell is a gill of water from a dark well.In chapter 19, the obscure unit is used for humor including a pun with the nursery rhyme "Jack and Jill", which also involved a well.