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

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   [a] Originally defined as the volume of 10 pounds (4.54 kg) of distilled water (under certain conditions), [b], then redefined by the Weights and Measures Act 1985 to be exactly 4.546 09 L (277.42 cu in), the imperial gallon is 1.62% smaller than the pre-1824 ale gallon.

3. Unit of volume - Wikipedia

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   6 volumetric measures from the mens ponderia in Pompeii, a municipal institution for the control of weights and measures (79 A. D.). A unit of volume is a unit of measurement for measuring volume or capacity, the extent of an object or space in three dimensions.

4. Gallon - Wikipedia

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   The gallon is a unit of volume in British imperial units and United States customary units.. The imperial gallon (imp gal) is defined as 4.546 09 litres, and is or was used in the United Kingdom and its former colonies, including Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India, South Africa, Malaysia and some Caribbean countries, while the US gallon (US gal) is defined as 231 cubic inches (3. ...

5. System of units of measurement - Wikipedia

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   However, as there are 16 US fl oz to a US pint and 20 imp fl oz to an imperial pint, the imperial pint is 20.095% larger than a US pint, and the same is true for gills, quarts, and gallons: six US gallons (22.712470704 L) is only 0.08% less than five imperial gallons (22.73045 L).

6. Metrication in the United States - Wikipedia

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   For ounces, the measurements are typically in multiples of 8, for example 32 fl oz and 40 fl oz, which correspond closely to common metric variants including 1 liter and 1.2 liters. Rainfall is usually measured based on the height from the ground in inches. [113] Other units such as millimeters, and other measurement types such as gallons per ...

7. Litre - Wikipedia

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   The litre (Commonwealth spelling) or liter (American spelling) (SI symbols L and l, [1] other symbol used: ℓ) is a metric unit of volume. It is equal to 1 cubic decimetre (dm 3 ), 1000 cubic centimetres (cm 3 ) or 0.001 cubic metres (m 3 ).

8. United States customary units - Wikipedia

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   The fluid ounce derives its name originally from being the volume of one ounce avoirdupois of water, [21] but in the US it is defined as 1 ⁄ 128 of a US gallon. Consequently, a fluid ounce of water weighs about 1.041 ounces avoirdupois.

9. List of metric units - Wikipedia

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   The statsiemens or statmho is a unit of electric conductance equal to 1 statA/statV, corresponding to ~ 1.112 646 pS. [6] The stathenry is a unit of electric inductance equal to 1 statV·s/statA, corresponding to ~ 898.755 1787 GH. [7] [6] [a] The statfarad (statF) is a unit of electric capacitance equal to 1 statC/statV, corresponding to ~ 1. ...