Dry gallon measure of approximately the same size, though the dry gallon is a bit bigger. 1 dry gallon ≈ 1.163 647 fluid gallons Its implicit value in the US system was originally one eighth of the Winchester bushel, which was a cylindrical measure of 18.5 inches in diameter and 8 inches in depth. That made the dry gallon a non-terminating number of cubic inches, an irrational number whose value with the first six digits after the decimal point was 268.802521 ( cubic inches ≈ ). The bushel was later defined to be exactly 2150.42 cubic inches, making the dry gallon exactly
A Gallon of Gas so that "the air smells unnaturally clean." "Rolling Stone Album Guide" critic Rob Sheffield calls it an "embarrassing novelty." Critic Johnny Rogan commented on the song's comedy and wryness. A Gallon of Gas "A Gallon of Gas" is the ninth track from The Kinks' album, "Low Budget." It was written by Ray Davies. "A Gallon of Gas", like many songs by The Kinks from this period, tells of economic problems of the time, in this case the gas shortage. The singer laments about how he "can't buy a gallon of gas", even "for any amount of cash". Author Nick Hasted