Gallon

Chandler's Encyclopedia · 1898 · p. 11

Unit of liquid measure from remote times; of varying capacity till 1824-26, when it was fixed in England at 10 lbs. of distilled water, or 277.274 cubic inches. U. S. gallon has a capacity of 231 cubic in. Gallotannic Acid. See TANNIN. Galloway. See CATTLE.