On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 06:42:08 +0000 (UTC), (Gordon
Henderson) wrote:

In article ,
SmileyFace wrote:
In .uk,
David Lang wrote:
Hi All

Why is beer sold in 440 ml cans?

Often thought the same myself. Maybe it's related to an _American_ fluid
measure?

American fluid ounces are the same as over here - One ounce of pure water
weighs one ounce avoirdupois.

No, Imperial and American fluid ounces are not the same.

The USians put 16 of these into a pint, so a US pint weighs 1lb, while
we put 20 into a pint. (So a UK gallon of water weighs 10lbs)

However, that gives you a conversion factor from our gallons to theirs of
5/4, whereas in reality it is as near as makes no difference to 6/5. A US
fluid ounce is a greater volume, so their pints and gallons are not as small
as you think.

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