wine gallon

noun

1. a former English gallon of 160 fluid ounces: equal to the present U.S. standard gallon of 128 fluid ounces.

wine gallon

noun

1. a former unit of capacity equal to 231 cubic inches

Word History and Origins

Origin of wine gallon¹

First recorded in 1650–60

Example Sentences

The gallon of the United States is the standard or Winchester wine gallon of 231 cubic inches, and contains 8.3388822 lbs. avoirdupois, or 58372.1754 troy grains of distilled water at 39.83° Fah., the barometer being at 30 inches.

From Project Gutenberg

The old English wine gallon of 231 cub. in. capacity is the standard gallon of the United States.

From Project Gutenberg

If you are very anxious to know, I will tell you that a wine gallon of air weighs about seventy-two grains; and as in the atmosphere—that is to say, in the mass of air which surrounds us—there is a very great number of gallons, you can imagine that it must represent a respectable number of pounds.

From Project Gutenberg

Efforts have been made to sustain the present duty by reference to the practice of Great Britain, where a duty of $2.40 is imposed upon the imperial gallon; but the imperial gallon is more than twenty per cent larger than the wine gallon of America.

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