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The reputed quart was a measure equal to two-thirds of an imperial quart (or one-sixth of an imperial gallon), at about 0.7577 liters, which is very close to one US fifth (0.757 liters). The reputed quart was previously recognized as a standard size of wine bottle in the United Kingdom, and is only about 1% larger than the current standard wine ...
Called a "Commercial Quart" because it was equivalent to 0.8 US fluid quarts. Replaced by the 750 mL "metric quart". Reputed Quart (UK) 25.6 US fl oz: 26.66 imp oz. 757 mL: The "Reputed Quart" (2 ⁄ 3 Imperial quart or 1 ⁄ 6 Imperial gallon) was devised to split a standard gallon into six large bottles and was usually used for wine and ...
≡ 1 US dry pt ≡ 0.5 US dry qt ≡ 0.125 US dry gal ≡ 550.610 471 3575 mL ≡ 0.550 610 471 3575 L. quarts Imperial quart (qt) ≡ 40 imp fl oz ≡ 1 imp qt ≡ 2 imp pt ≡ 0.25 imp gal. ≈ 38.430 397 6162 US fl oz ≈ 37.884 083 3333 US fl oz (food) ≈ 1.200 949 925 50 US qt ≈ 0.300 237 481 38 US gal
1713 12 Ann. c. 17 — The legal coal bushel to be round with a plain and even bottom, 19 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches from outside to outside and to hold 1 Winchester bushel and 1 quart of water. 1718 5 Geo. 1. c. 18 — Decreed Scots Pint to be exactly 103 in 3. 1803 43 Geo. 3. c. 151 — Referred to wine bottles making about 5 to the wine gallon (i.e ...
A U.K. deal equaled 7 ft × 6 ft × 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 in, while a U.S. deal equaled 12 ft × 11 in × 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 in. [7] Demiard – an old French unit of volume. When France metricated, it survived in Louisiana and Quebec. The demiard eventually became associated with the American and British half-pint rather than French units. [7] Firlot; Hekat ...
The tun (Old English: tunne, Latin: tunellus, Middle Latin: tunna) is an English unit of liquid volume (not weight), used for measuring wine, oil or honey.It is typically a large vat or vessel, most often holding 252 wine gallons, but occasionally other sizes (e.g. 256, 240 and 208 gallons) were also used.
A US fluid ounce is 1 / 16 of a US pint (about 1·04 UK fluid ounces or 29.6 mL); a UK fluid ounce is 1 / 20 of a UK pint (about 0·96 US fluid ounce or 28.4 mL). On a larger scale, perhaps for institutional cookery, a UK gallon is 8 UK pints (160 UK fluid ounces; about 1·2 US gallons or 4.546 litres), whereas the US gallon is ...
The chart below [6] lists the sizes of various wine bottles in multiples relating to a standard bottle of wine, which is 0.75 litres (0.20 US gal; 0.16 imp gal) (six 125 mL servings). The "wineglassful"—an official unit of the apothecaries' system of weights —is much smaller at 2.5 imp fl oz (71 mL ).