Do some online research and try to find out the answer to these questions:
1. What is the origin of the word 'pub'?
2. Which amount is equivalent to ‘a pint’ in the metric system?
3. Can you name other units of volume used in the Imperial system?
Please, use the Comments section of this entry to write your answers.
4 comments:
I've found that Alehouses, inns and taverns collectively became known as public houses and then simply as pubs around the reign of King Henry VII, on 16th century.
Regards,
Tomás
Wikipedia said...
Pinta is a unit of English volume in the imperial system used in the United States. The imperial version used in the UK is 20 fluid ounces, and equals 568.26 ml.
Regards.
Other imperial Unit very used is Gallon
But the Imperial systems complicated measurements. Pro-imperialists argue that their fondness for pounds and ounce gives a commercial advantage in America, but the US fluid ounce and gallon are not even identical to UK imperial metrics.
And this causes unit conversion disaster in a global world, they generates unit of measure inconsistencies and great miscalculations.
They justify a unique unit measure define by trade agreements, for regulation of weights and measures in trade and industry. Time to fully embrace the metric system.
There is other imperial unit we can see in a lot of bottles of cosmetiscs and perfumes. It´s the fluid ounce (Fl.Oz). Also It`s the measure that the barmans use for to make the cocktails.
1 Fl.Oz equals 28,41ml.
Regards.
Emi
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