Gallon
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A gallon is a unit of measurement used to measure volume. People have used many different gallons throughout history. There are three types of gallon still in use.
| 1 imperial gallon | = 160 imperial fluid ounces (fl. oz.) ** No longer officially used in the United Kingdom. ** |
| = 8 imperial pints | |
| = 1⁄9 of a firkin (of beer) | |
| = 1⁄8 of an imperial bushel | |
| = 4.54609 litres (exactly) | |
| ≈ 4 1⁄2 litres | |
| ≈ 1.20 U.S. wet gallons | |
| ≈ 1.03 U.S. dry gallons | |
| = 10 pounds of pure water at room temperature | |
| 1 U.S. wet gallon | = 231 cubic inches = 3 in × 7 in × 11 in ** This is the gallon mostly used in the US. ** |
| = 128 U.S. fl. oz. | |
| = 8 U.S. wet pints | |
| = 1⁄42 of a U.S. oil barrel | |
| = 3.785411784 litres (exactly) | |
| ≈ 3 3⁄4 litres | |
| ≈ 0.83 imperial gallons | |
| ≈ 0.86 U.S. dry gallons | |
| ≈ 8.33 pounds of pure water at room temperature | |
| 1 U.S. dry gallon | = 268.8025 cubic inches ** Not typically used in the US. ** |
| = 8 U.S. dry pints | |
| = 1⁄8 of a U.S. bushel | |
| = 4.40488377086 litres (exactly) | |
| ≈ 4 2⁄5 litres | |
| ≈ 0.97 imperial gallons | |
| ≈ 1.16 U.S. wet gallons |
