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  2. Gallon - Wikipedia

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    The corn gallon, or Winchester gallon, of about 268.8 cubic inches (≈ 4.405 L), The wine gallon, or Queen Anne's gallon, which was 231 cubic inches [54] (≈ 3.785 L), and; The ale gallon of 282 cubic inches (≈ 4.622 L). The corn or dry gallon is used

  3. Gasoline gallon equivalent - Wikipedia

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    Gasoline gallon equivalent (GGE) or gasoline-equivalent gallon (GEG) is the amount of an alternative fuel it takes to equal the energy content of one liquid gallon of gasoline. GGE allows consumers to compare the energy content of competing fuels against a commonly known fuel, namely gasoline.

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

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    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.

  5. Miles per gallon gasoline equivalent - Wikipedia

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    (1) Conversion 1 gallon of gasoline=33.7 kW·h. (2) The 2014 i3 REx is classified by EPA as a series plug-in hybrid, while for CARB is a range-extended battery-electric vehicle (BEVx). The i3 REx is the most fuel economic EPA-certified current year vehicle with a gasoline engine with a combined gasoline/electricity rating of 88 mpg-e, but its ...

  6. Metrication in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Attempts to sell 3- or 4-liter jugs of milk, instead of gallons (3.785 L), have been largely unsuccessful, and such bottles are rarely seen in the United States; milk remains sold in binary divisions of the gallon, with half-pints, pints, quarts and half-gallons being the primary sizes.

  7. Cooking weights and measures - Wikipedia

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    In the standard system the conversion is that 1 gallon = 231 cubic inches and 1 inch = 2.54 cm, which makes a gallon = 3785.411784 millilitres exactly. For nutritional labeling on food packages in the US, the teaspoon is defined as exactly 5 ml, [22] giving 1 gallon = 3840 ml exactly. This chart uses the former.

  8. Bushel - Wikipedia

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    = 8 imperial gallons = 4 imperial pecks = 36.368 72 litres: ≈ 8.25645 US dry gallons ≈ 9.60760 US fluid gallons ≈ 2 219.36 cubic inches: ≈ 1.284 35 cubic feet 1 US bushel [6] = 8 US dry gallons = 4 US pecks = 2 150.42 cubic inches = 1.244 46 cubic feet = 35.239 070 166 88 litres = 9 3571 ⁄ 11550 US fluid gallons ≈ 7.75151 imperial ...

  9. Wine gallon - Wikipedia

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    A wine gallon is a unit of capacity that was used routinely in England as far back as the 14th century, and by statute under Queen Anne since 1707. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Britain abolished the wine gallon in 1826 when it adopted imperial units for measurement, with the 1707 wine gallon being the basis of the United States ' gallon , as well as other measures.