The standard British gallon, equal to 4.54596 liters or c. 1.2 U.S. gallons.
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(UK, Ireland, Canada) A unit of measure for liquids, equivalent to 8 imperial pints, 4.55 litres, or 1.20 US gallons.
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Imperial-gallon Sentence Examples
It is the practice of the officers of the inland revenue to adjust Sikes's hydrometer at 62° F., that being the temperature at which the imperial gallon is defined as containing 10 lb avoirdupois of distilled water.
The British imperial gallon of four quarts contains 277.274 cub.
Americans have the added complication that the US gallon is less than the imperial gallon - 16 fluid ounces instead of twenty.
in.) was in use in England until 1824, when the present imperial gallon (fig.
It is the practice of the officers of the inland revenue to adjust Sikes's hydrometer at 62° F., that being the temperature at which the imperial gallon is defined as containing 10 lb avoirdupois of distilled water.