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A square milk jug. The square milk jug is a variant of the one-gallon (3.785-liter) plastic milk container sold in the United States. [1] The design was introduced in the summer of 2008 [1] and is marketed as environmentally friendly because of the shape's advantages for shipping and storage (better cube efficiency).
1 gal-US (3.785 L, 0.833 gal-imp) of fuel can move a ton of cargo 857 km or 462 nmi by barge, or 337 km (209 mi) by rail, or 98 km (61 mi) by lorry. [142] Compare: Space Shuttle used to transport freight to the other side of the Earth (see above): 40 megajoules per tonne-kilometre. Net energy for lifting: 10 megajoules per tonne-kilometre.
Wine was measured with units based on the wine gallon of 231 cubic inches (3.785 L), while beer was measured with units based on an ale gallon of 282 cubic inches (4.621 L) and grain was measured with the Winchester measure, with a gallon of approximately 268.8 cubic inches (one eighth of a Winchester bushel or 4.405 L). In 1824, these units ...
1 US gallon or 3.785 litres of denatured alcohol in a metal container. Denatured alcohol, also known as methylated spirits, metho, or meths in Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, and the United Kingdom, and as denatured rectified spirit, is ethanol that has additives to make it poisonous, bad-tasting, foul-smelling, or nauseating to discourage its recreational consumption.
In 1832, in the absence of any direction by Congress, the United States Treasury chose the second smallest gallon, the "Queen Anne gallon" of 231 cubic inches (3.785 litres), to be the official gallon in the United States for fiscal purposes. Sixteen US fluid ounces make a US pint (8 pints equals 1 gallon in both customary and imperial systems).
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. ...
Fuel consumption monitor from a 2006 Honda Airwave.The displayed fuel economy is 18.1 km/L (5.5 L/100 km; 43 mpg ‑US). A Briggs and Stratton Flyer from 1916. Originally an experiment in creating a fuel-saving automobile in the United States, the vehicle weighed only 135 lb (61.2 kg) and was an adaptation of a small gasoline engine originally designed to power a bicycle.
4.5 gallons or 1 ⁄ 8 beer barrel Firkin 2 pins, 9 gallons (ale, beer or goods) or 1 ⁄ 4 beer barrel Kilderkin 2 firkins, 18 gallons or 1 ⁄ 2 beer barrel Beer barrel 2 kilderkins, 36 gallons or 2 ⁄ 3 beer hogshead Beer hogshead 3 kilderkins, 54 gallons or 1.5 beer barrels Beer pipe or butt 2 beer hogsheads, 3 beer barrels or 108 gallons ...