"Wine" gallon vs. "imperial" gallon

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A pint is 16 FLUID ozs. That is not the same as WEIGHING 16 ozs., as I recall.
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As most of us know, the gallon measure used in the U.S. is of a
smaller capacity than the gallon measure used elsewhere in the former
realms of the British Empire. It's been read that the reason for this
is that the rest of the former empire uses the standard imperial
gallon, whereas the U.S., having left home earlier than the
otherchildren, uses an older measure, now known as the "wine" gallon.

However, there exists a saying,

"A pint's a pound_the world around_."

But it's the case that a pint of water weighs a pound only if the wine
gallon, used only in the States, is the standard and not the imperial
gallon. What up wit' dat? Is the saying older than the establishment
of the imperial gallon? Or am I simply in a ball of confusion?

-Wilson
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