How much is a gill in fluid ounces or centilitres?!


Question:

How much is a gill in fluid ounces or centilitres?


Answers:
Here's the conversion for both the US & the UK: The gill is 1/4 pint. In the U. S. customary system, one gill is equal to 1/2 cup, 4 fluid ounces, 7.21875 cubic inches, or about 118.3 milliliters. In the British Imperial system, the gill equals 5 fluid ounces, 8.670 cubic inches, or about 137.7 milliliters. The unit is pronounced "jill", with a soft "g" sound. Its name comes comes from the Latin word 'gillo' - a small wine vessel.

Source(s):
http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictg....

1 gill (US) 4 ounces 118 milliliters

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One gill is equal to -
1 gill (US) 4 ounces 118 milliliters

1 gill equals all the following -
Metric
cubic meter 0.0001182941
cubic decimeter 0.1182941
cubic centimeter 118.2941
cubic millimeter 118294.1
hectoliter 0.001182941
decaliter 0.01182941
liter 0.1182941
deciliter 1.182941
centiliter 11.82941
milliliter 118.2941
microliter

U.S. Liquid Measure
acre foot 9.59026 *10-08
barrel (petroleum) 0.0007440476
gallon 0.03125
quart 0.125
pint 0.25
fluid ounce 4
fluid dram 32
minim 1920

U.S. Dry Measure
barrel 0.001023066
bushel 0.003356902
peck 0.01342761
gallon 0.02685522
quart 0.1074209
pint 0.2148417
gill 0.859367

British Imperial Liquid And Dry
perch 0.0001687886
barrel 0.0007228483
bushel 0.003252627
peck 0.01301051
gallon 0.02602102
quart 0.1040841
pint 0.2081681
fluid ounce 4.163362

British and U.S. derivatives of length units
cubic yard 0.0001547229
cubic foot 0.004177517
cubic inch 7.21875

Cooking (U.S.)
cup 0.5
tablespoon 8
teaspoon 24

Cooking (International)
cup 0.4928922
tablespoon 7.886274
teaspoon 23.65882

Japanese
koku 0.0006557691
to 0.006557691
sho 0.06557691
go 0.6557691

Chinese Imperial
dan 0.001182941
dou 0.01182941
sheng 0.1182941
ge 1.182941
shao 11.82941
cuo 118.2941

Thai
kwien 5.914706 *10-05
ban 0.0001182941
sat 0.005914706
tanan 0.1182941

Old French
minot 0.003479239
litron 0.1423484

Old Russian Liquid Measure
vedro 0.009617408
shtoff 0.09617408
chetvert (quart) 0.03846963
vine bottle 0.1538785
vodka bottle 0.1923482
charka 0.9617408
shkalik 1.923482

Old Russian Dry Measure
cetverik (mera) 0.004508435
vedro 0.009617408
garnetz 0.03606748

Ancient Roman Liquid Measure
kulee (dolee) 0.0002265129
amphora 0.004530259
urn 0.009060518
kognee 0.03624207
sextarium 0.2174524
gemin 0.4349049
quart 0.8698097
acetabul 1.739619
ciate 2.609429

Ancient Roman Dry Measure
cubic ped (quadrantal) 0.004530259
modium 0.01359078
semodium 0.02718155
sextarium 0.2174524
quartarium 0.8698097

Biblical Dry Measure
cor (homer) 0.0005594837
lethek 0.001118967
ephah 0.005594837
seah 0.01678451
omer 0.05594837
cab 0.1007071

Biblical Liquid Measure
bath 0.005208333
hin 0.03125
log 0.375

A gill is a quarter of a pint.
A pint is 20 fluid ounces
Therefore a gill is 5 fluid ounces.

My old headmaster was often heard to loudly quote... !A pint of water is a pound and a quarter. I can hear his voice even now and I left school in 1949!

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