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Old 12-04-2009, 05:30 AM   #2298
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Originally Posted by Solitaire1 View Post
Maybe it would be better to simply the U. S. Customary System. For example, rather than having ounces for both weight and liquid measure, replace the liquid ounce with the gill (an existing but little used measure that is equal to 2 fluid ounces). Then U.S. liquid measures would work like this: 4 gills = 1 cup, 4 cups = 1 quart, 4 quarts = 1 gallon.
Acatually, according to Wikipedia, an American gill is 4 fluid ounces.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gill_(unit)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_...ustomary_units

(In the Uk, an imperial gill is 5 fluid ounces.)
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