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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;wlwhittier, post: 1675812, member: 18320&quot;]From wikipedia: </p><p><br /></p><ol> <li>(US) 231 <a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cubic" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cubic" rel="nofollow">cubic</a> <a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/inch" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/inch" rel="nofollow">inches</a> or approximately 3.785 liters for <a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/liquid" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/liquid" rel="nofollow">liquids</a> (a &quot;U.S. <u><b>liquid</b></u> <b>gallon</b>&quot;)</li> <li>(US) one-eighth of a U.S. <a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bushel" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bushel" rel="nofollow">bushel</a> or approximately 4.405 liters for dry goods (a &quot;U.S. <u><b>dry</b></u> <b>gallon</b>&quot;).</li> </ol><p><br /></p><p>So: 231 cubes is the crisp figure to work from, if we&#039;re talking &#039;wet&#039; gallonage.&nbsp; Also, 231 cubic inches of ice does weigh less than the same volume of water...that&#039;s why ice floats on water.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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