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A gallon of water weighs 8.34 pounds.
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There is a bird, Antpitta avis canis Ridgley, that barks like a dog.
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(1) You mean a US gallon — an Imperial gallon weighs 10 pounds.
(2) I thought the figure was supposed to be 8 pounds exactly.
(3) It depends on water purity and temperature — the 10-pound figure is for an Imperial gallon of pure water at 70°F...
Incidentally, a litre of pure water at 4°C weighs 1 kilogram — that's how the gramme was originally defined...
According to Perry's, the desnity of water is closer to 8.32 lb/gal (US) at standard room temperature. I myself use 8 lb/gal when doing rough estimates.
The kilogram (and thus all units of mass) are currently defined by a particular piece of metal (lead?) housed in the institute of standards in France. Interestingly, mass is the only physical dimension that is still measured using a macroscopic object.
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quote:Originally posted by DataAngel, We Have Heard Is High: Don't ask me how many pints are in a gallon though.
8 pints. The reason for the difference in gallons is that the US pint is 16 fl.oz. (hence, I think, "pint", which surely is etymologically related to "pound"), whilst an Imperial pint is 20 fl.oz...
And although the UK and US fluid ounces are supposed to be the same (that quantity of water which at 70°F weighs one ounce), even they are slightly different — don't ask me why...
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okay, so if people are thinking that a gallon should be 8lbs rather than 8.34lbs, is it possible that the .34lbs could account for the container it is placed in? I know you're surposed to subtract the weight of the container, but maybe whom ever came up with this amount didn't. I don't know, just a thought!
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And in most bars in the United States, a pint is only 14 ounces. The 14 ounce pint glass is both strong, and is fairly cheap to produce. A strong 16 ounce glass cost too much to produce and sell cheap. The cheap 16 ounce glasses break easily. Steal a "pint glass" from a bar and measure it someday.
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quote:Originally posted by DataAngel, We Have Heard Is High: [QB]To quote my mom "A pint's a pound the world around."
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