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US GAL [3 records]

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Record 1 2010-04-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
DEF

A unit of capacity equal to 231 cubic inches.

CONT

The US gallon is 0.003 785 m³.

CONT

... adopting metric units, the United States tried to bring its system into closer harmony with the English, from which various deviations had developed; for example, the United States still used "Queen Anne’s gallon" of 231 cubic inches, which the British had discarded in 1824.

Key term(s)
  • US gal

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
CONT

Aux U.S.A., c'est l'unité fondamentale de volume, définie comme l'espace occupé par 8,3359 livres d'eau distillée. [...] Ce gallon équivaut à 3,785 dm³ et à 0,833 gallon impérial.

CONT

Gallon américain, équivalant à 3,785 litres.

Spanish

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Record 2 2001-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Landing Gear (Aeroindustry)
CONT

Boeing spread the main undercarriage track by 4 ft(1. 2 m), settled on a standard 300, 000 lb(136, 000 kg) gross weight aircraft with 15, 560 US gal,(58, 900 l) fuel capacity and gave United an optional weight decrease to 282, 000 lb, with correspondingly lower landing and zero-fuel weights and a fuel capacity of 11, 320 US gal,(42, 850 l)...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Atterrisseur (Constructions aéronautiques)
CONT

Boeing a finalement élargi de 1,2 m la voie de l'atterrisseur principal, et adopté une masse totale de 136 tonnes pour le modèle de base, avec une capacité d'emport de carburant de 58 900 l; l'avionneur a par ailleurs donné à United l'option de choisir un modèle de seulement 128 tonnes de masse totale, avec un abaissement correspondant des masses à l'atterrissage et sans carburant et une capacité d'emport de carburant de 42 850 l.

Spanish

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Record 3 1981-07-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeroindustry
CONT

The fire-fighting equipment consists of a 10, 000 L(2, 641 US gal) water tank, a 1, 500 L(400 US gal) foam-compound tank and a high pressure pump with an output capacity of between 3, 000 and 6, 000 L/min(800 to 1, 600 US gal/min).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques
CONT

[L']équipement de lutte contre les incendies comprend un réservoir d'eau d'une capacité de 10,000 L, un réservoir de produit moussant d'une capacité de 1500 L et une pompe haute pression dont le débit peut varier entre 3000 et 6000 L/min.

Spanish

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