US Gallons to Imperial Gills (gal to gi (UK))
1 US gallon equals 26.64557391 imperial gills (rounded).
How to convert US gallons to imperial gills
To convert US gallons to imperial gills, multiply the number of US gallons by 26.64557391. The factor is rounded to 10 significant digits. To go the other way, multiply imperial gills by 0.03752968517 (rounded).
imperial gills = US gallons × 26.64557391
Example: 10 US gallons = 266.4557391 imperial gills.
Pints, quarts, gallons and fluid ounces differ between the US and the UK. Units are labeled 'US' or 'imperial' to avoid confusion.
About these units
US Gallon (gal)
Exactly 231 cubic inches or 3.785411784 liters (128 US fluid ounces). About 17% smaller than the imperial gallon.
The US gallon is a survivor of English wine trade. Around 1706, a statute in Queen Anne's reign fixed the wine gallon at exactly 231 cubic inches, settling confusion among the competing gallons for wine, ale and corn. British colonies in North America used that wine gallon, and in 1824 Britain replaced all its gallons with a new imperial one while the United States kept the old measure. It was adopted as the legal US standard in 1836 and is still defined as exactly 231 cubic inches, or 3.785411784 liters.
That makes the US gallon about 17 percent smaller than the imperial gallon, a difference that explains why American and British fuel-economy figures cannot be compared directly. Everyday uses are milk jugs, paint cans and gasoline pumps. One gallon divides evenly into four quarts, eight pints, sixteen cups and 128 fluid ounces. A gallon of water weighs a little over 8 pounds, an easy figure to remember when loading a car with water jugs.
1 US gallon = 3.785411784 liters (exactly).
Sources: Wikipedia: Gallon; NIST SP 811, Appendix B.8: conversion factors for volume
Imperial Gill (gi (UK))
Five imperial fluid ounces, 142.07 mL, a quarter of an imperial pint. Formerly a UK spirits measure.
Gill, pronounced with a soft g, is the quarter pint of the imperial system: five imperial fluid ounces, or 142.0653125 milliliters, which is about 4.8 US fluid ounces. Four gills make a pint, eight make a quart and thirty-two make a gallon. The unit is also known as a teacup, and half a gill is sometimes called a jack.
Its best-known use was in selling spirits. Before metrication, English pubs poured spirits in sixths of a gill (about 23.7 mL), Scottish bars in fifths (28.4 mL) or quarters (35.5 mL), and Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland used the quarter gill. Scottish drinkers also had names such as the nip for a quarter gill and the wee gill for three quarters of a gill. After UK metrication, pubs moved to 25 mL or 35 mL measures, while the Isle of Man kept the one-fifth gill until 2022. Outside the drinks trade the gill is now rare and mostly appears in old recipes and statutes.
1 imperial gill = 0.1420653125 liters (exactly).
Sources: Wikipedia: Gill (unit); NIST SP 811 Appendix B.8: conversion factors; UK Weights and Measures Act 1985, Schedule 1
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