[time-nuts] 15 ns vs. 15 nS

[John Day]

At 10:13 AM 5/22/2007, you wrote:
>In Imperial measure, 8 pints make a gallon and 2 pints make a quart.....
>
>US quarts???...

Two Imperial pints makes an Imperial Quart, as it does in US Customary measure.


>:-)
>
>Rob
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On
>Behalf Of Chuck Harris
>Sent: 22 May 2007 15:04
>To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
>Subject: Re: [time-nuts] 15 ns vs. 15 nS
>
>Rob Kimberley wrote:
> > Happy memories...
> >
> > I remember being switched half way through my "A" Level Physics course
> > from cgs to MKS in 1968.
> >
> > Legal here in UK to show weights & measures in shops in both metric
> > and imperial systems. Fuel at petrol (gas) stations sold in litres,
> > and distance on roads still shown in miles (!!). Never did understand
> > how the US gallon was smaller than the Imperial one though...
> >
>
>Pretty simple, really, a US gallon is 4 quarts (as in quarters), an imperial
>gallon is 5 quarts.
>
>The real question is when did the imperial gallon pick up the extra quart.
>
>-Chuck Harris
>
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