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  2. Plan for Establishing Uniformity in the Coinage, Weights, and ...

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    A federal gallon of 0.004 cubic pends, i.e. slightly less than 4 liters and thus similar in size to the English wine gallon, is suggested as a more traditional base for liquid measures; and 9 such gallons, since almost equal to a Winchester bushel, or, more systematically, 10 gallons would form the base for dry measures.

  3. Gasoline pump - Wikipedia

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    The reference temperature for gasoline volume measurement is 60 °F or 15 °C. [14] Ten gallons of gasoline at that temperature expands to about 10.15 US gal (38.4 L) at 85 °F (29 °C) and contracts to about 9.83 US gal (37.2 L) at 30 °F (−1 °C). Each of the three volumes represents the same theoretical amount of energy.

  4. Gallon - Wikipedia

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    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. ...

  5. Water metering - Wikipedia

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    Water metering is the practice of measuring water use. Water meters measure the volume of water used by residential and commercial building units that are supplied with water by a public water supply system. They are also used to determine flow through a particular portion of the system.

  6. Gas meter - Wikipedia

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    Gas meter. A gas meter is a specialized flow meter, used to measure the volume of fuel gases such as natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas.Gas meters are used at residential, commercial, and industrial buildings that consume fuel gas supplied by a gas utility.

  7. List of electrical and electronic measuring equipment

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    Applies swept signals to a device and allows display of the response Cos Phi Meter: Measures the power factor Distortionmeter: Measures the distortion added to a circuit Electricity meter: Measures the amount of energy dissipated ESR meter: Measures the equivalent series resistance of capacitors Frequency counter: Measures the frequency of the ...

  8. Man gets 800 gallons of gas for 1 cent each using remote ...

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    A man got 800 gallons of gas for a penny each — and now he’s in trouble, ... Nov. 21, after a business reported a man was using some type of device “to manipulate the price of fuel.” ...

  9. 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.