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This article is from the Cooking and Conversions FAQ, by with numerous contributions by Victor Sack cooking.faq@mac.com others.

2.4 British Liquid Measures

   1 pint             568 ml ( 20 fl oz)
   1 breakfast cup           ( 10 fl oz) 1/2 pint
   1 tea cup                             1/3 pint
   1 tablespoon        15 ml
   1 dessertspoon      10 ml
   1 teaspoon           5 ml          1/3 tablespoon

And from
"Mastering the art of French cooking". Penguin UK, issue 1961

    UK          UK oz                Metric ml       US oz
  1 quart       40                    1140           38.5
  1 pint        20                     570
  1 cup         10
  1 gill         5
  1 fluid oz     1                     28.4          0.96
  1 tbl         5/8  (1/16 cup)        17.8?
  1 dsp         1/3                    10
  1 tsp         1/6                     5

 

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