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Measurement fun
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"English" measurements aren't as crazy as you may think.
For example, volume for liquids (including some obsolete measurements).
1 gallon = 2 pottles
1 pottle = 2 quarts
1 quart = 2 pints
1 pint = 2 cups
1 cup = 2 gills
1 gill = 2 jacks
1 jack = 2 fluid ounces
1 fluid ounce = 2 tablespoons
1 tablespoon= 3 teaspoons
And in the US one gallon is *defined* as 231 cubic inches.
On the other hand, weight is a bit odd
1 long ton = 20 hundredweights
1 hundredweight = 4 quarters
1 quarter = 2 cloves
1 clove = 7 pounds
There are many more oddities, but the above will do for now.
fayanora sent me"English" measurements aren't as crazy as you may think.
For example, volume for liquids (including some obsolete measurements).
1 gallon = 2 pottles
1 pottle = 2 quarts
1 quart = 2 pints
1 pint = 2 cups
1 cup = 2 gills
1 gill = 2 jacks
1 jack = 2 fluid ounces
1 fluid ounce = 2 tablespoons
1 tablespoon= 3 teaspoons
And in the US one gallon is *defined* as 231 cubic inches.
On the other hand, weight is a bit odd
1 long ton = 20 hundredweights
1 hundredweight = 4 quarters
1 quarter = 2 cloves
1 clove = 7 pounds
There are many more oddities, but the above will do for now.