Although the wine gallon had been used for centuries for import duty purposes, there was no legal standard of it in the Exchequer, while a smaller gallon was actually in use, requring this statute; it remains the US definition today. In 1824, Britain adopted a close approximation to the ale gallon known as the imperial gallon, and abolished all other gallons in favour of it.
It is used in some Commonwealth countries, and until 1976 was based on the volume of of water at .
While spirit sales in the US were switched to metric measures in 1976, a 750 mL bottle is still sometimes known as a "fifth". ==History== The term derives most immediately from galun, galon in Old Northern French, but the usage was common in several languages, for example jale in Old French and gęllet (bowl) in Old English.
This was adopted shortly afterwards in Canada, and adopted in 1976 in the United Kingdom. ===Sizes of gallons=== Historically, gallons of various sizes were used in many parts of Western Europe.
Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico ceased selling gasoline by the US gallon in 1980. Panama stopped selling gasoline by the US gallon in 2013 and switched to the litre. El Salvador will stop selling gasoline by the US gallon in June 2021 and instead, will sell gasoline by the litre. In the Turks & Caicos Islands, both the U.S.
However within the United Kingdom and Ireland, barrels and large containers of beer, oil and other fluids still tend to be in multiples of the imperial gallon. Ireland also passed legislation in response to the EU directive, with the effective date being 31 December 1993.
One of the effects of this directive was that the United Kingdom amended its own legislation to replace the gallon with the litre as a primary unit of measure in trade and in the conduct of public business, effective from 30 September 1995.
Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico ceased selling gasoline by the US gallon in 1980. Panama stopped selling gasoline by the US gallon in 2013 and switched to the litre. El Salvador will stop selling gasoline by the US gallon in June 2021 and instead, will sell gasoline by the litre. In the Turks & Caicos Islands, both the U.S.
The US dry gallon is not used in commerce, and is also not listed in the relevant statute, which jumps from the dry pint to the bushel. ==Worldwide usage== === Imperial gallon === As of 2021, the imperial gallon continues to be used as the standard petrol unit in four British Overseas Territories, which are Anguilla, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, and Montserrat.
Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico ceased selling gasoline by the US gallon in 1980. Panama stopped selling gasoline by the US gallon in 2013 and switched to the litre. El Salvador will stop selling gasoline by the US gallon in June 2021 and instead, will sell gasoline by the litre. In the Turks & Caicos Islands, both the U.S.
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