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The reputed quart was a measure equal to two-thirds of an imperial quart (or one-sixth of an imperial gallon), at about 0.7577 liters, which is very close to one US fifth (0.757 liters). The reputed quart was previously recognized as a standard size of wine bottle in the United Kingdom, and is only about 1% larger than the current standard wine ...
[7] [8] A US liquid gallon can contain about 3.785 kilograms or 8.34 pounds of water at 3.98 °C (39.16 °F), and is about 16.7% less than the imperial gallon. There are four quarts in a gallon, two pints in a quart and 16 US fluid ounces in a US pint, which makes the US fluid ounce equal to 1 / 128 of a US gallon.
1 mL of water weighs 1 gram so a recipe calling for 300 mL (≈ 1 ... 2 quarts = 1 pottle‡ gallon: gal. 231 in 3: 128 3,785.41 4 quarts = 1 gal
One gallon. 16 cups. It sounds like a lot, but considering that your body is made up of 60 percent water, it sort of makes sense that you'd need about that much to keep things running smoothly ...
In 1824, these units were replaced with a single system based on the imperial gallon. [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 (277.4 cu in), the imperial gallon is close in size to the old ale gallon.
1 US gill ≡ 4 US fl oz ≡ 1 ⁄ 32 US gallon ≡ 1 ⁄ 8 US quart ≡ 1 ⁄ 4 US pint ≡ 1 ⁄ 2 US cup ≡ 8 tablespoons ≡ 24 teaspoons ≡ 32 US fluid drams: ≡ 7 7 ⁄ 32 in 3: ≡ 118.29411825 mL [b] ≈ 118 mL ≈ 5 ⁄ 6 imperial gills
Many folks opt to aim for the nice, square number of 1 gallon of water a day (for reference, 2.7 liters equal about 0.7 gallons), so we looked into the health benefits of drinking that much H20 ...
In 1824, the British Parliament defined the imperial gallon as the volume of ten pounds of water at standard temperature. [2] The gallon was divided into four quarts, the quart into two pints, the pint into four gills, and the gill into five ounces; thus, there were 160 imperial fluid ounces to the gallon.