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Webster 1913 Edition

Gallon

Gal′lon

,
Noun.
[OF
galon
,
jalon
, LL.
galo
,
galona
, fr.
galum
a liquid measure; cf. F.
jale
large bowl. Cf.
Gill
a measure.]
A measure of capacity, containing four quarts; – used, for the most part, in liquid measure, but sometimes in dry measure.
☞ The standart gallon of the Unites States contains 231 cubic inches, or 8.3389 pounds avoirdupois of distilled water at its maximum density, and with the barometer at 30 inches. This is almost exactly equivalent to a cylinder of seven inches in diameter and six inches in height, and is the same as the old English wine gallon. The beer gallon, now little used in the United States, contains 282 cubic inches. The English imperial gallon contains 10 pounds avoirdupois of distilled water at 62[GREEK] of Fahrenheit, and barometer at 30 inches, equal to 277.274 cubic inches.

Webster 1828 Edition

Gallon

GAL'LON

,
Noun.
[Law L. galona.] A measure of capacity for dry or liquid things, but usually for liquids, containing four quarts. But the gallon is not in all cases of uniform contents or dimensions. The gallon of wine contains 231 cubic inches, or eight pounds avordupois of pure water. The gallon of beer and ale contains 281 cubic inches, or ten pounds three ounces and a quarter avordupois of water; and the gallon of corn, meal, &c., 272 1/4 cubic inches, or nine pounds thirteen ounces of pure water.

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