| 词条 | Fifth (unit) |
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A fifth is a unit of volume formerly used for wine and distilled beverages in the United States, equal to one fifth of a US liquid gallon, {{frac|4|5}} quart, or {{convert|25+3/5|USoz|0|lk=in}}; it has been superseded by the metric bottle size of 750 ml,[1] sometimes called a metric fifth, which is the standard capacity of wine bottles worldwide and is approximately 1% smaller. HistoryIn the late 19th century, liquor in the US was often sold in bottles which appeared to hold {{convert|1|USqt|USoz ml|spell=in}} but in fact contained less than a quart and were called "fifths",[2] or commercial quarts.[3] One fifth of a gallon was a common legal threshold for the difference between selling by the drink and selling by the bottle or at wholesale,[3][4][5] and thus the difference between a drinking saloon or barroom and a dry-goods store. The fifth was the usual size of bottle for distilled beverages in the United States until 1980.[6] Other authorized units based on the fifth included {{frac|4|5}} pint and {{frac|1|10}} pint.[8] During the 1970s, there was a push for metrication of U.S. government standards. In 1975, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, in cooperation with the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, proposed metric-standard bottle sizes to take effect in January 1979 and these standards were incorporated into Title 27 of the Code of Federal Regulations.[7][8] These sizes are 50, 100, 200, 375 (355 for cans), 500 (until June 1989),[9] 750, 1000, and 1750 ml. See also
References1. ^E. Frank Henriques, The Signet Encyclopedia of Wine, p. 298 2. ^United States Congress, "Report of hearings on H.R. 16925 to Regulate the Storage of Food Products in the District of Columbia", January 24, 1910, [https://books.google.com/books?id=9wgwAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA300&dq=fifth+quart p. 300] 3. ^1 Municipal League of Los Angeles, Municipal Affairs 2:1 (January 1907) [https://books.google.com/books?id=e6Y_AAAAYAAJ&pg=PT135&lpg=PT135&dq="commercial+quart" p. 4] 4. ^The Southwestern Reporter 55, 1900, [https://books.google.com/books?id=vx4LAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA212 p. 212] 5. ^Annual report of the Board of State Viticultural Commissioners (California), 1894, [https://books.google.com/books?id=RLsSAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA4-PA71 p. 71] 6. ^testimony of Carl L. Alsberg, "Amendments to the Pure Food and Drugs Act", Commonwealth of Virginia, 1919, [https://books.google.com/books?id=jRkz3TnxQVAC&pg=PA17 p. 17]: "The ordinary whisky bottle contains one-fifth of a gallon, or 25{{frac|3|5}} ounces [...] They are either marked 25 ounces, or one-fifth of a gallon." 7. ^1 27 CFR Chapter I, Part 5, Subpart E, Section 5.47a Metric standards of fill for distilled spirits bottled after December 31, 1979 8. ^"Old Standard Fifth Due New Moniker", Indiana Evening Gazette, 16 July 1975, p. 40 9. ^{{cite web |title = Packaging regulations for alcoholic beverages |publisher = Colorado State University |website = Colostate.edu |url = http://lamar.colostate.edu/~hillger/laws/alcohol.html |accessdate = 12 March 2015 |deadurl = yes |archiveurl = https://archive.is/20150312071341/http://lamar.colostate.edu/~hillger/laws/alcohol.html |archivedate = 12 March 2015 |df = }} 4 : Units of volume|Alcohol law in the United States|Metricated units|Alcohol measurement |
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