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Many thanks Dan!

Cheers,
Tish

On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 14:23:38 -0800, Dan M wrote:

I mainly do imperial - metric weight conversions when I'm cooking and
trying, for example, to follow an Elizabeth David recipe (where all
the weights are imperial). BTW, does anyone here know what a "gill"
is and what it translates to in metric? I gather it's a liquid
measure, but I'm stumped as to how much it actually us!

Cheers,
Tish

4 fluid ounces. From Wikipedia:
Liquid volume

* 1 minim (min) = 1/480 fl oz (approx 61.612 µL)
* 1 fluid dram (fl dr) = 1/8 fl oz = 60 min (approx 3.697 mL)
* 1 fluid ounce (fl oz) = 1/128 gal = 8 fl dr (approx 29.574 mL)
* 1 gill (gi) = 7.21875 cu in = 4 fl oz (approx 118.294 mL)
* 1 cup = 2 gi = 8 fl oz (approx 236.588 mL)
* 1 pint (pt) = 2 cups = 4 gi = 16 fl oz (approx 473.176 mL)
* 1 fifth = 25.6 fl oz (approx 757.082 mL)
* 1 quart (qt) = 2 pt = 32 fl oz (approx 946.353 mL)
* 1 gallon (gal) = 231 cu in = 4 qt = 128 fl oz = 3.785411784 L

Dan M wrote:
I mainly do imperial - metric weight conversions when I'm cooking and
trying, for example, to follow an Elizabeth David recipe (where all
the weights are imperial). BTW, does anyone here know what a "gill"
is and what it translates to in metric? I gather it's a liquid
measure, but I'm stumped as to how much it actually us!

Cheers,
Tish

4 fluid ounces. From Wikipedia:
Liquid volume

* 1 minim (min) = 1/480 fl oz (approx 61.612 µL)
* 1 fluid dram (fl dr) = 1/8 fl oz = 60 min (approx 3.697 mL)
* 1 fluid ounce (fl oz) = 1/128 gal = 8 fl dr (approx 29.574 mL)
* 1 gill (gi) = 7.21875 cu in = 4 fl oz (approx 118.294 mL)
* 1 cup = 2 gi = 8 fl oz (approx 236.588 mL)
* 1 pint (pt) = 2 cups = 4 gi = 16 fl oz (approx 473.176 mL)
* 1 fifth = 25.6 fl oz (approx 757.082 mL)
* 1 quart (qt) = 2 pt = 32 fl oz (approx 946.353 mL)
* 1 gallon (gal) = 231 cu in = 4 qt = 128 fl oz = 3.785411784 L

Just to complicate things a little more, liquid measures, pints and gallons
are different in the US than the UK. Maybe it would be better if everyone
used the same system. ;-)
Also an english pint is 20 fl. ozs. while an american pint is 16 fl. ozs.

* 1 fluid ounce (US) = 1.040842 fluid ounce (UK)
* 1 pint (US) = 0.8326742 pint (UK)
* 1 gallon (US) = 0.8326738 gallon (UK)

Also an english pint is 20 fl. ozs. while an american pint is 16 fl. ozs.
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"Tish Silberbauer" wrote in message
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On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 15:39:25 GMT, "Christine K."
wrote:

I mainly do imperial - metric weight conversions when I'm cooking and
trying, for example, to follow an Elizabeth David recipe (where all
the weights are imperial). BTW, does anyone here know what a "gill"
is and what it translates to in metric? I gather it's a liquid
measure, but I'm stumped as to how much it actually us!

A gill is a quarter of a pint, 5 fluid ounces, 0.142 litres.

Tweed

Christina Websell wrote:
"Tish Silberbauer" wrote in message
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On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 15:39:25 GMT, "Christine K."
wrote:

I mainly do imperial - metric weight conversions when I'm cooking and
trying, for example, to follow an Elizabeth David recipe (where all
the weights are imperial). BTW, does anyone here know what a "gill"
is and what it translates to in metric? I gather it's a liquid
measure, but I'm stumped as to how much it actually us!

A gill is a quarter of a pint, 5 fluid ounces, 0.142 litres.

Tweed

Which is only 4.8 US fluid ounces, I find it more difficult when measures
have the same name for different quantities. ;o)
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"Adrian" wrote in message
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Which is only 4.8 US fluid ounces, I find it more difficult when measures
have the same name for different quantities. ;o)


You beat me to it. USA pints are 16 fluid ounces as opposed to our 20 fluid
ounces, IIRC

Cheers, helen s

wafflycat wrote:
"Adrian" wrote in message
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Which is only 4.8 US fluid ounces, I find it more difficult when
measures have the same name for different quantities. ;o)


You beat me to it. USA pints are 16 fluid ounces as opposed to our 20
fluid ounces, IIRC

Cheers, helen s

And even a fluid ounce is slightly different in both countries, a USA fluid
ounce is 1.040842 Imperial fluid ounces. Confused anyone? ;o)
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