[modeleng] Re: Harrogate ME Exhibition
- From: Tim <the_viffer@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:17:01 +0000
That is true enough but they actually have the original gallon: we changed ours
in the 19th C as an early step towards decimalisation. Ye Olde Englisshe florin
(ie 2 bob = two shillings = 1/10 pound sterling) was also an move towards 19th
C decimalisaton.> Subject: [modeleng] Re: Harrogate ME Exhibition> Date: Mon,
21 Apr 2008 16:04:34 +0100> From: chris.crosskey@xxxxxxxxx> To:
modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Remember our gallon is bigger than there, a proper
gallon of water> weighs ten pounds, theirs weighs 8lb, it's down to them having
16oz> pints and us having a proper 20 ounce pint....> > chrisc>
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