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Called a "Commercial Pint" because it was equivalent to 0.8 US liquid pints. Replaced by the 375 mL "metric pint". Reputed Pint (UK)-13.3 imp oz. 378 mL: The "Reputed Pint" (2 ⁄ 3 Imperial pint or 1 ⁄ 12 Imperial gallon) was devised to split a standard gallon into twelve small bottles. Originally it was based on the British Wine gallon ...
Half of a gill is a jack, or one-eighth of a pint. [1] But in northern England, a quarter pint could also be called a jack or a noggin, rather than a gill, and in some areas a half-pint could be called a gill, particularly for beer and milk. [2] [3] [4] In Scotland, there were additional sizes: [5] big gill = 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 gills (213.1 mL)
Such milk bottles are no longer officially referred to as pints. However, the "pint glass" in pubs in Australia remains closer to the standard imperial pint, at 570 mL. It holds about 500 mL of beer and about 70 mL of froth, except in South Australia, where a pint is served in a 425 mL glass and a 570 mL glass is called an "imperial pint".
American cooks using British recipes, and vice versa, need to be careful with pints and fluid ounces. A US pint (16 US fluid ounces) is about 16·65 UK fluid ounces or 473 mL, while a UK pint is 20 UK fluid ounces (about 19·21 US fluid ounces or 568 mL): a UK pint is, therefore, about 20% larger than a US pint.
An imperial fluid ounce of 28.4130625 ml is 3.924% smaller than the US fluid ounce (fl oz) of 29.5735295625 millilitres (ml). However, as there are 16 US fl oz to a US pint and 20 imp fl oz to an imperial pint, the imperial pint is 20.095% larger than a US pint, and the same is true for gills , quarts , and gallons : six US gallons (22. ...
An imperial fluid ounce is 1 ⁄ 20 of an imperial pint, 1 ⁄ 160 of an imperial gallon or exactly 28.4130625 mL. A US customary fluid ounce is 1 ⁄ 16 of a US liquid pint and 1 ⁄ 128 of a US liquid gallon or exactly 29.5735295625 mL, making it about 4.08% larger than the imperial fluid ounce. A US food labeling fluid ounce is exactly 30 mL.
5 mL: 80 minim or drops or 1 ⁄ 6 fl oz Tablespoon: 15 mL: 4 dram (240 minim or drops), 3 teaspoons, or 1 ⁄ 2 fl oz Jack: 71 mL: 1 ⁄ 2 Gill. This is not a traditional measure. Gill: 142 mL: 1 ⁄ 4 pint, or 1 ⁄ 32 gallon, in some dialects 1 ⁄ 2 pint. Pronounced as "Jill" Pint: 568 mL: 1 ⁄ 8 gallon Quart: 1.136 litre: 2 pints or 1 ...
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