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  2. Gallon - Wikipedia

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    As an imperial fluid ounce is 96.076% of an US fluid ounce, this means that one imperial gallon, quart, pint, cup and gill are all equal to 1.20095 of their US counterparts. Historically, a common bottle size for liquor in the US was the "fifth", i.e. one-fifth of a US gallon (or 0.08% more than a "reputed quart", one-sixth of an imperial ...

  3. Drink can - Wikipedia

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    The filling head centers the can using gas pressure, purges the air, and lets the drink flow down the sides of the can. The lid is placed on the can, and then crimped in two operations. A seaming head engages the lid from above while a seaming roller to the side curls the edge of the lid around the edge of the can body.

  4. Sheng (volume) - Wikipedia

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    The Chinese sheng (Chinese: 升; pinyin: shēng), called sho in Japan and seung in Korea, also called Chinese liter, is a traditional unit of volume in East Asia. It originated from China and later spread to Japan, the Korean Peninsula, Vietnam and other places. [ 1 ]

  5. United States customary units - Wikipedia

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    2 2 ⁄ 3 jig; 4 US fl oz; 118. ... 1 ⁄ 32 of a US quart, and 1 ... In agricultural practice, a bushel is a fixed volume of 2,150.42 cubic inches (35.2391 liters ...

  6. Barrel - Wikipedia

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    Wine barrels in Napa Valley, California, US This Mercier oak barrel with a capacity of 200,000 Champagne bottles was created for the 1889 world exposition in Paris. Opened Japanese Sake barrel for move.

  7. Standard drink - Wikipedia

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    United States standard drinks of beer, malt liquor, wine, and spirits compared. Each contains about 14 grams or 17.7 ml of ethanol. A standard drink or (in the UK) unit of alcohol is a measure of alcohol consumption representing a fixed amount of pure alcohol.

  8. Pint - Wikipedia

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    In Australia and New Zealand, a subtle change was made to 1 pint milk bottles during the conversion from imperial to metric in the 1970s. The height and diameter of the milk bottle remained unchanged, so that existing equipment for handling and storing the bottles was unaffected, but the shape was adjusted to increase the capacity from 568 mL ...

  9. Closure (container) - Wikipedia

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    An aluminum bottle with a threaded aluminum screw closure. A closure is a device used to close or seal a container such as a bottle, jug, jar, tube, or can. A closure may be a cap, cover, lid, plug, liner, or the like. [1] The part of the container to which the closure is applied is called the finish. [2]