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A trade gallon is a unit of volume for standard plant containers in the horticultural industries. It equals 3 US liquid quarts or 0.75 US gallons (2.8 L; 0.62 imp gal), [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] although some sources state that a trade gallon equals 2.7 litres (0.71 US gal).
1 gallon = 4.546091879 L or 4 quarts, or 8 pints (The legal definition of the gallon and derived units in Cyprus was not the same as in the UK; in fact, the 1965 definition was used.) 1 kartos = 5.09162290448 L or 4 Cyprus okes, 1.6 Cyprus litres, or 1 + 3 ⁄ 25 gallons With regard to liquid measures, the following units were also used:
[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. The Winchester measure was made obsolete in the British Empire but remained in use ...
The miner’s inch measures the amount of water that would flow through a slot of a given area at a given pressure (for example, at a head of 6 inches of water, or 1.5 kPa.) In miner's inch the word inch refers to the area of the slot in square inches, while the pressure in inches of water refers to the height of water above the slot. A ...
Conversion of units is the conversion of the unit of measurement in which a quantity is expressed, typically through a multiplicative conversion factor that changes the unit without changing the quantity. This is also often loosely taken to include replacement of a quantity with a corresponding quantity that describes the same physical property.
US gallon of water: US gallons of water: U.S. gallon of water: U.S. gallons of water: lb kg: United States customary units#Fluid volume: viss: viss: 1.632932532: viss: viss: kg: Myanmar units of measurement#Mass: billion tonne =e9t kilogram =kg kilotonne =kt lbs =lb lbt =troy pound lcwt =Lcwt long ton =LT mcg =μg million tonne =e6t scwt =Scwt ...
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See Weight for detail of mass/weight distinction and conversion. Avoirdupois is a system of mass based on a pound of 16 ounces, while Troy weight is the system of mass where 12 troy ounces equals one troy pound.