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Paul or ANYONE,
Could you tell me why the US gallon is different to
the Imperial gallon - it has always bothered me. I've searched the conversions
and found that the Imperial system has 20 oz to the pint and the US has 16
oz to the pint, and we all have 2 pints = 1 quart and 4 quarts gallon. It also
seems there is a difference in the value of the ounce.
We both have 16 oz to the lb - I wonder if that had
anything to do with some sort of EARLY rationalisation?
I would really like to understand the reasoning
behind this difference, there must be some sound reasoning behind wanting
to change from what was THEN considered a universal 'Weights
& Measures' system.
While your at it could someone tell me why Stone
was dropped from the US weights system i.e. 14 lbs =1 Stone.
I just figure if I could just understand the
reasoning behind these decisions and if they sound logical - I could better live
with them, like I do with the difference in spelling. Not that I'm so great at
spelling, in fact I used to get in all sorts of trouble by spelling things
phonetically such as in the US system - but they belted that out of me,
however I do understand the logic behind it. Now if I could just get a handle
on the weights issue!
George ( down under)
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