What is 47gi in Pints (US Dry)?

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What is 47 Gills (47gi) in Pints (US Dry) (dry pt)?

What is 47gi in dry pt? Convert 47 Gills (47gi) to Pints (US Dry) (dry pt) and show formula, brief history on the units and quick maths for the conversion.

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Quick Reference for Converting Gills to Pints (US Dry)

Formula
dry pt = gi / 3.88
Quick Rough Maths
To get the Pints (US Dry), divide the number of Gills by 3.9
Gills (gi) in 1 Pint (US Dry)
There are 3.88 Gills in 1 Pint (US Dry)
Pints (US Dry) (dry pt) in 1 Gill
There are 0.26 Pints (US Dry) in 1 Gill

Unit Information

Gill
/dʒɪl/
Symbol: gi
Unit System: Imperial

What is the Gill?

The gill is a unit of volume in the imperial unit system and uses the symbol gi.

It represents 1/4 of a pint - so in this instance, it is 1/4 of an imperial pint - therefore measures exactly 142.0653125 ml. It's also equal to 2 imperial cups and 1/32 of an imperial gallon.

It is pronounced with a "J" sound at the beginning - and it actually part of a humorous in the nursery rhyme 'Jack & Jill'.

In the UK it was used throughout pubs as standard measures; for example spirits were served as 1/6 gill as standard. In Scotland it was 1/5 gill and in Ireland 1/4 gill. It's still used in the Republic of Ireland today.

Pint (US Dry)
/pʌɪnt/
Symbol: dry pt
Unit System: US Customary

What is the Pint (US Dry)?

The US dry pint is a unit of volume in the US customary system with the symbol dry pt.

1 US dry pint is equal to 1/8 of a dry gallon. This is equal to 1/2 US dry quart or 33.6003125 in³.

The dry pint was derived from the the British corn gallon which was 1/8 the standard 'Winchester' bushel or corn. This was the equivalent of 268.8 in³ when in dry form.


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