You hold on here..... It is the Imperial gallon which is the result of a
dream.
We still still use the Queen Anne gallon which is the true British gallon.
You gave that gallon up in the early 1800's. So our gallon is the true
British gallon and has been around longer than your upstart Imperial gallon.
So just maybe it was the Brits who did not like that breakaway colony using
their standard so changed it. Or maybe Queen Anne was not Imperial enough any
longer. I don't know why you Brit's changed it
Bob
On 6/27/2011 11:27 PM, Chris Dimmock wrote:
> Hang on - didn't you Americans dream up your US gallons measure all on your
> own?? Rather than using imperial gallons? Can't blame the Brits for that!!!
> ;-)
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 28/06/2011, at 12:58 AM, "Dallas Congleton" <dcongleton at embarqmail.com>
> wrote:
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>> You need to take your medication :^)
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>>> I believe the British inches and gallons system has made us less
>>> competitive in the world then we could have been.
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