An ounce is a unit of weight which is approximately equal to 28  grams. One gallon is equal to 128 ounces so there are 640 ounces in  5 gallons of water.
The first U.S. railroad to use a steam locomotive in revenue service was the South Carolina Railroad. It opened on Christmas Day 1830 using the Best Friend of Charleston steam locomotive on six miles of track in Charleston, South Carolina.
The First Newspapers in America. â Publick Occurences, Both. Foreign and Domestick. BOSTON â SEPTEMBER 1690. Publick Occurrences, Both Foreign. and Domestick,the first newspaper. published in America, was printed by. Richard Pierce and edited by. Benjamin Harris in Boston on. September 25, 1690. It contained. three printed pages and one blank.