Dry gallon (exactly ). Dry gallon The dry gallon, also known as the corn gallon or grain gallon, is a historic British dry measure of volume that was used to measure grain and other dry commodities and whose earliest recorded official definition, in 1303, was the volume of 8 pounds of wheat. It is not used in the US customary system – though it implicitly exists since the US dry measures of bushel, peck, quart, and pint are still used – and is not included in the handbook that many states recognize as the authority on measurement law. The fluid gallon is
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