On 10/06/2011 06:38 PM, Weaver wrote:
The units program says a gill is 118.3 ml. If you look at the data
> script for units, there is a very impressive list of sources. I
> believe that the units program was first mentioned in this thread, so
> it is definitely available in Debian.
I beleive that the U.S. gill has some variance, which is what this may
refer to.
As far as the U.K goes, london City and Guild training is 142.& so
many particles, but try measuring that by eye. So the world, sensibly,
defaults to 150 ml, which you can readily find on the side of any
measuring glass and a variance that any recipe can absorb.
Regards,
Weaver.
Going back to units program, convert gill to fluid ounces. It
comes to exactly 4 fluid ounces, or 1/2 cup. (US measure.)
At least this is a reasonable measure, since cooks are likely
to have measuring cups. Any housewife can measure that,
but I'll bet not one in a thousand has ever heard of a gill.
(BTW, Wiki says to say "jill.") 4 oz. is 1/4 of a US pint.
The Artha thesaurus-cum-dictionary has this to say:
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gill ~ noun uncommon
1. a British imperial capacity unit (liquid or dry) equal to
5 fluid ounces or 142.066 cubic centimeters
2. a United States liquid unit equal to 4 fluid ounces
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5 fl.oz. is 1/4 of an Imperial pint.
Perhaps we have all the "definitions" we need by now--
whoever said this is variable was certainly right!
--doug
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