Talk:Gill (unit)

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I'm reverting the Notes section part of the change [1] to conform with [2]. --Rockfang (talk) 10:18, 22 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

When I was at school, we received milk in 1/3 pint bottles. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.43.48.132 (talk) 15:52, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note #2 seems to indicate the size of the container used to serve a gill of beverage since it would hardly be practical to serve a gill in a container filled to the brim. --Jason Singer (talk) 08:13, 30 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

1 gallon = 2 half gallons = 4 quarts = 8 pints = 16 cups = 32 gills = 64 ????? Georgia guy (talk) 14:46, 11 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

1 Gallon = 8 Pints = 32 Gills = 160 fluid ounces. 5 fluid ounces to the gill, 4 gills to the pint, 8 pints to the gallon. Half-Gallons and Quarter-Gallons (Quart) are measurements based on the Gallon. You could apply the same logic to all other measurements.

So: 1 Gallon = 2 Half-Gallons = 4 Quarts = 8 Pints = 16 Half-pints = 32 Gills = 64 Half-gills = 128 Quarter-gills = 160 fluid ounces. While gallons and pints are commonly split up (into half gallons and pints and quarter gallons), it tends to go straight from gill to fluid ounces, since a half, third, or quarter gill couldn't be measured in fluid ounces. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.31.88.81 (talk) 22:07, 17 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Georgia guy "jacks" is the answer to OP's question. Note, US ounces are 1/128th of a gallon (16oz/pint) instead of Imperial 1/160gal used in the previous comment. Same issue with previous comment's equivalence between gills and ounces (4 US ounces/gill vs. 5 UK ounces/gill); the US system is straight powers of 2. So the sequence in the US would be:

• 1 gallon = 2 pottles = 4 quarts = 8 pints = 16 cups = 32 gills = 64 jacks = 128 ounces = 256 tablespoons = (512 half-Tbsp) = 1024 drams.

In the other direction:

• 1 gallon = (1/2 half-bucket) = 1/4th bucket = 1/8th firkin = 1/16th kilderkin = 1/32th barrel = 1/64 hogshead = 1/128th butt = 1/256th tun.

For water, a pint and a pound are also equivalent in weight (same with both ounces) at boiling point at sealevel (~ IUPAC standard boiling point of 211.3°F (99.61°C) at 1 bar (100kPa) of pressure). So, 1 gill of water would weigh 1/4th of a pound at boiling point at sealevel. — al-Shimoni (talk) 18:44, 7 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The "United States customary gill" section lapses into metric and imperial, neither of which are US customary measures. Placing the metric or imperial equivalents within parenthesis and beside the US customary measures would make more sense. Also, the "United States customary gill" section is needlessly complex. It's really very simple. Eschew obfuscation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.177.216.112 (talk) 09:42, 13 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

In Scotland, the Quarter Gill was used as a measure for a long time after metrication. 1/5 or 1/6 of a gill served up would get you a sore face and your pub wrecked. Lance Tyrell 2.102.75.71 (talk) 11:38, 23 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]