Peter Kirk scripsit: > USA and UK do use this alternative system, except that the US gallon is > different from the British one (exactly 20% smaller I think),
For the record, it's true that the Imperial gallon has 20 fluid ounces and the Fred Flintstone gallon only 16, *but* it's also true that U.S. fluid ounces are about 4% bigger than Imperial ones. So in fact a U.S. gallon is about 83% of an Imperial one. Quarts and pints are corresponding. -- "There is no real going back. Though I John Cowan may come to the Shire, it will not seem [EMAIL PROTECTED] the same; for I shall not be the same. http://www.reutershealth.com I am wounded with knife, sting, and tooth, http://www.ccil.org/~cowan and a long burden. Where shall I find rest?" --Frodo
