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For those who are curious, 1 rod is 0.003125 miles. Thus, 40 rods is 0.125 miles. 1 hogshead is 1/63 of a US gallon. Thus, 40 rods to the hog's head is 7.875 m
by gen220 4y ago
For those who are curious, 1 rod is 0.003125 miles. Thus, 40 rods is 0.125 miles. 1 hogshead is 1/63 of a US gallon.
Thus, 40 rods to the hog's head is 7.875 miles per gallon, 29.87 L/100km, or 3.348 km/L.
EDIT: sorry, 1 hogshead is 63 US gallons. This comes to about 0.002 miles per gallon... yikes! (divide all the numbers in the previous paragraph by 63^2)
- dwighttk 4y agoHuh. Why is a hogshead so small? If you had asked me to guess I would have said like 3 1/32nd (or some weird small additional amount) gallons. Wait. I’m seeing that hogshead is like 63 “wine” gallons, not 1/63 gallon. (Not sure conversion of wine gallons to usual gallons though.)
- gen220 4y agoOoh you're totally right, thank you for pointing it out! I think my brain was subconsciously seeking a miles-per-gallon result in a "reasonable" order of magnitude. Edited original comment.
- dwighttk 4y agoThey don’t make hogs like they used to
- BizarroLand 4y agoFrom a quick search it seems both a normal gallon and a wine gallon are measured at 231 cubic cm of liquid, so they're the same. There is a proof gallon which only counts the ethanol content of the liquid towards the gallon, so a 100 proof alcohol would require 2 gallons of liquid to equal 1 proof gallon of liquor.