imperial gallon versus US gallon

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I contacted my good friend Malcolm in England to clear up the matter. He is

a retired engineer. I hope this information helps clear up the matter and

put minds at ease, especially Cy who wonders about a pint:

Dear Harry, Let us keep it simple - an imperiasl gal;lon in round numbers

as approximately 20% greater than a US gallon.

In detail - an imperial is 4.56 litres and a US is 3.8 litres.

I will not go into the business of US liquid and dry gallons.

In UK we are still in the intermediate phase of changing from imperial to

metric

Gas is now priced and measured in litres.

Milk is given in litres and pints but the measure is still in pints.

wine has always been in milli litres

Beer is in pints

Dry goods are given in lbs and kilo grams -

Hope this helps to confuse !! Malcolm