jhc (11/03/82)
I agree with Chuck Young that a gill is 1/4 pint, but I remember
being taught that a pint was 20 fl. oz. (yes I'm English).
This means that a gill is 5 fl. oz., not 4. This could throw
off your conversions. Perhaps the originator of the
Green Tomato Chutney recipe would care to re-check the
quantities and post the `original' amounts.
Jonathan Clark
BTL Holmdel
...{houxi|lime}!hou5a!jhcbcw (11/05/82)
From: Bruce C. Wright @ Duke University Re: Imperial vs US units of fluid volume There are a number of errors in the discussion about US vs Imperial liquid measure. First of all, 1 gill US = 4 fl. oz. US, while 1 gill Imperial = 5 fl. oz. Imperial. The ratios of the other measures (pints, quarts, and gallons) is identical in both measures. Which would make it appear that 1 gal US = 4/5 gal Imperial, except ... the fl. oz. is different for US and Imperial measure: 1 fl. oz. US = 1.804 cu. in., while 1 fl. oz. Imperial = 1.7339 cu. in. The ratios of fluid ounces, fluid drams, and minims is identical for both measures (so that the US and Imperial measures have the same ratios for fl. oz., fl. dr., and min.; and also the same ratios for gills, pints, quarts, and gallons; but the ratios between anything >= gills and anything <= fl. oz. is different). Isn't English measurement fun??? Not confusing or irregular like the Metric system... Bruce C. Wright @ Duke University