It was given its name from the color of the orange-striped 55 US gallon ( 208 l ) barrels in which it was shipped, and was by far the most widely used of the so-called " Rainbow Herbicides ".

The imperial ( UK ) gallon, defined as litres, is used in some Commonwealth countries and was originally based on the volume of 10 pounds of water at.

One of the impacts of this directive was that the United Kingdom amended its own legislation to replace the gallon with the litre as a primary unit of measure in trade and in the conduct of public business, effective from 30 September 1995.

The sizes of gallon used in these two systems were different from each other: the first was based on the wine gallon ( equal in size to the US gallon ), and the second on either the ale gallon or the smaller imperial gallon.

* The wine gallon, or Queen Anne's gallon, which was, and

The corn or dry gallon was used in the United States until recently for grain and other dry commodities.

The bushel, which like dry quart and pint still sees some use, was later defined to be 2150. 42 cubic inches exactly, making its gallon exactly ().

The wine gallon, which some sources relate to the volume occupied by eight medieval merchant pounds of wine, was at one time defined as the volume of a cylinder six inches deep and seven inches in diameter, i. e..

Although the wine gallon had been used for centuries for import duty purposes there was no legal standard of it in the Exchequer and a smaller gallon was actually in use, so this statute became necessary.

Inspired by the kilogram-litre relationship, the imperial gallon was based on the volume of 10 pounds of distilled water weighed in air with brass weights with the barometer standing at 30 inches of mercury and at a temperature of.

After two nights of recording, the tape ( sealed inside a 44 gallon drum along with the system's other sensitive components ) was retrieved and played before an excited LNPIB.

Including the weight of the sixteen 55-U. S .- gallon drums in which the explosive mixture was to be packed, the bomb would have a combined weight of about.

As with all packaged beer sold in Australia it was for many years only available in 750 mL or 26 2 / 3 fl oz ( 1 / 6 imperial gallon ) bottles, until the introduction of " stubbies " and smaller cans.

Take an ounce of narcissism, a pound of exhibitionism, a pint of sadism, a gallon of blood-lust and a sprinkle of other aberrations and stir well .” Lowell Thomas was also critical of the portrayal of Lawrence and most of the film's characters, believing that the train attack scenes were the only reasonably accurate aspect of the film.

Among the significant structural differences between the Mark 2 and S-Type: the reprofiled roof line resulted in the B-pillar being approximately 1-inch ( 25. 4 mm ) lower and the rear window aperture being larger and more upright ; the Mark 2 ’ s underbody reinforcing rails were extended to the rear of the car and enclosed, sweeping up and over the space for the rear suspension assembly ; the boot floor was double-skinned and ribbed for additional strength ; the spare wheel well was relocated centrally in the boot floor ( it was on the right in the Mark 2 ); the lid of the new longer boot ( trunk ) was secured by two catches rather than the single catch of the Mark 2 ; the 12 gallon fuel tank was removed from under the boot floor and replaced by two 7 gallon tanks inside each rear wing ; new front wings were made to carry the frontal styling changes listed above ; new attachment points were made for the new wings and bumpers ; and new wheelarches were made to match the new front guards and rear structure.

It is well to bear in mind that gasoline will cost from $.80 to $.90 for the equivalent of a United States gallon and while you might prefer a familiar Ford, Chevrolet or even a Cadillac, which are available in some countries, it is probably wiser to choose the smaller European makes which average thirty, thirty-five and even forty miles to the gallon.

It is approximately the amount of energy needed to heat of water, which is exactly one tenth of a UK gallon or about 0. 1198 US gallons, from 39 ° F to 40 ° F ( 3. 8 ° C to 4. 4 ° C ).

Geocache container sizes range from " nanos ", which can be smaller than the tip of finger and only have enough room to store the log sheet, to 20 liter ( 5 gallon ) buckets or even larger containers.

The US dry gallon is less commonly used, and is not listed in the relevant statute, which jumps from the dry quart to the peck.

Between 1860 and 1914, the gravity dropped from 1. 058 ° to 1. 050 ° and the hopping rate from two pounds to one pound per 36 gallon barrel.

Commercial fuel synthesis companies suggest they can produce fuel for less than petroleum fuels when oil costs more than $ 55 per barrel .< ref > The U. S. Navy estimates that shipboard production of jet fuel from nuclear power would cost about $ 6 per gallon.

The Navy's estimate that 100 megawatts can produce 41, 000 gallons of fuel per day indicates that terrestrial production from wind power would cost less than $ 1 per gallon.

There are, on average, 30 ice crystals per liter ( 96 ice crystals per gallon ), but this ranges from one ice crystal per 10, 000 liters ( 3. 7 ice crystals per 10, 000 gallons ) to 10, 000 ice crystals per liter ( 37, 000 ice crystals per gallon ), a difference of eight orders of magnitude.

A ten gallon water barrel was needed, but it was usually kept nearly empty to minimize weight ( some water had to be kept in it to prevent it from drying out and losing its water tightness ).

It was given its name from the color of the orange-striped 55 US gallon ( 200 L ) barrels in which it was shipped, and was by far the most widely used of the so-called " Rainbow Herbicides ".

Other sources claim that a high intake of fresh drinking water, separate and distinct from other sources of moisture, is necessary for good health — eight servings per day of 8 fluid ounces ( 1. 8 liters, or 0. 5 gallon ) is the amount recommended by many nutritionists, although there is no scientific evidence of health benefits for this recommendation.

By compressing the steam produced by boiling water, 175 gallons of fresh water could be extracted from sea water for every gallon of fuel used.

Critics suggest that Moroun's opposition is fuelled by the prospect of lost profits from duty-free gasoline sales, which are exempt from about 60 cents per gallon in taxes even though the pump price to consumers is only a few cents lower.

Though the gallon has ceased to be the legally defined primary unit, it can still be legally used in both the UK and Ireland as a supplementary unit.

There is one gallon defined in the imperial system but two ( liquid and dry ) in the US customary system.

) The imperial fluid ounce is defined as of an imperial gallon.

This gallon is defined as 231 cubic inches, and is equal to exactly or about.

The US fluid ounce is defined as of a US liquid gallon.

Each of these pints are defined as one-eighth of the respective gallons but because of differing gallon definitions, the imperial pint is approximately 20 % larger than the US liquid pint.

The imperial gallon was originally defined as the volume occupied by 10 pounds avoirdupois of water at 62 degree Fahrenheit, but is currently defined as 4. 54609 litres, making the imperial fluid ounce about 28. 4 mL.

The US gallon is defined as exactly 231 cubic inches, making the US fluid ounce about 29. 6 mL.

In 1824, the British Parliament defined the imperial gallon as the volume of ten avoirdupois pounds of water.

In the USA and pre-1824 England, the fluid ounce was of a Queen Anne wine gallon ( which was defined as exactly 231 cubic inches ) thus making the dessert-spoon approximately 7. 39 cc.

The post-1824 ( British ) imperial Apothecaries ' dessert-spoon was also fluid ounce, but the ounce in question was of an imperial gallon, which was originally defined as 277. 274 cubic inches, but later adjusted to approximately 277. 419433 cubic inches, in either case yielding a dessert-spoon of approximately 7. 10 cc.

In 1994, the U. S. National Institute of Standards and Technology or NIST defined " gasoline gallon equivalent ( GGE ) means 5. 660 pounds of natural gas.

The Equivalent Circulating Density ( ECD ) is defined as the increase in bottom hole pressure due to friction and it is normally expressed in pounds per gallon.