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minus-squareGrandwolf319@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 months agoIs this some kind of empirical joke I’m too metric to understand? I kid, I’m Canadian so I know off the top of my head a gallon is 3.81 litres.
minus-squareDeme@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months ago*Imperial Empiricism is a different thing entirely
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoUS gallon is 3.8l, Imperial gallon is 4.54l. A superior measurement system uses the same term for two different amounts of something.
minus-squareDeme@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 months agoApologies, I’m not too well versed in the differences between imperial and US customary units. (I try my best to stay away from both)
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Is this some kind of empirical joke I’m too metric to understand?
I kid, I’m Canadian so I know off the top of my head a gallon is 3.81 litres.
*Imperial
Empiricism is a different thing entirely
US gallon is 3.8l, Imperial gallon is 4.54l.
A superior measurement system uses the same term for two different amounts of something.
Apologies, I’m not too well versed in the differences between imperial and US customary units. (I try my best to stay away from both)