I probably have seen different ones of you reference this and it probably just went over my head. Loring probably referenced this in the past, but again - probably because I was in Japan and the metric system was more directly referenced against the imperial system of England, which is not necessarily the USA system
I was looking up the weight of a gallon of water. In England it is 10 lbs. In the USA it is 8.3 (I always thought it was 7.5) but that was two generations ago when I learned my "system".
http://www.answers.com/Q/How_much_do...of_water_weigh
At the link, I saw that the "Imperial" is not the same system we use in the USA.
So what part of our weights and measurements IS Imperial and what is NOT Imperial? What is our System called?
Just remembered: 7.5 lbs is the approx weight of a gallon of gasoline (USA weights and measurements), I think.
I was looking up the weight of a gallon of water. In England it is 10 lbs. In the USA it is 8.3 (I always thought it was 7.5) but that was two generations ago when I learned my "system".
http://www.answers.com/Q/How_much_do...of_water_weigh
At the link, I saw that the "Imperial" is not the same system we use in the USA.
So what part of our weights and measurements IS Imperial and what is NOT Imperial? What is our System called?
Just remembered: 7.5 lbs is the approx weight of a gallon of gasoline (USA weights and measurements), I think.
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