# convert 0.0024 cubic meters per second to gallon
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**Created:** [January 25, 2013, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convert-0-0024-cubic-meters-per-second-to-gallon/648362 "2013-01-25T19:52:00Z")
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### Author:  [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2013, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convert-0-0024-cubic-meters-per-second-to-gallon/648362/1 "2013-01-25T19:52:00Z")
0.0024 ((cubic meters) per arcsecond) = 130 774.553 US gallons
Niiiiiice. Google thinks cubic meters per second means cubic meters per arcsecond. I guess the base unit of time in the SI is an obscure thing. And I like how the arcsecond just sort of went away, but only after it had a pretty big influence on the magnitudes of things. At least they might have given me gallons per degree…
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### Author:  [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2013, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convert-0-0024-cubic-meters-per-second-to-gallon/648362/2 "2013-01-25T19:54:46Z")
0.6340129 gallons.
I used [this.](http://joshmadison.com/convert-for-windows/)
Guess I didn’t read the OP.
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### Author:  [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2013, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convert-0-0024-cubic-meters-per-second-to-gallon/648362/3 "2013-01-25T19:57:12Z")
0.0024 cubic meters = 0.84755 cubic feet = 292.914 cubic inches.
A gallon is 231 cubic inches.
1.268 gallons
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### Author:  [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2013, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convert-0-0024-cubic-meters-per-second-to-gallon/648362/4 "2013-01-25T20:07:43Z")
I typed .0024 cubic feet to gallons into google and got the same as runner pat.
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### Author:  [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2013, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convert-0-0024-cubic-meters-per-second-to-gallon/648362/5 "2013-01-25T20:27:37Z")
Except it was .0024 cubic meters, not feet.
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### Author:  [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2013, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convert-0-0024-cubic-meters-per-second-to-gallon/648362/6 "2013-01-25T20:33:39Z")
This is because you phrased your query badly.
You _can’t_ convert cubic meters per second to gallons, because they’re not the same dimensions. One is Length^3/Time, the other one is Length^3. So google assumes that you mean arcseconds, because arcseconds are dimensionless, making both sides the same dimensions and allowing the conversion to work. Granted, it could also have assumed that you meant gallons per second, but either way it’s making a guess.
If you search for “x cubic meters per second in gallons per second”, it’ll give you the answer you want.
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### Author:  [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2013, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convert-0-0024-cubic-meters-per-second-to-gallon/648362/7 "2013-01-25T20:34:44Z")
I mistyped. What I actually googled was .0024 m[sup]3[/sup] to gallons.
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### Author:  [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2013, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convert-0-0024-cubic-meters-per-second-to-gallon/648362/8 "2013-01-25T23:26:30Z")
> [@iamthewalrus\_3](#):
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> This is because you phrased your query badly.
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> You _can’t_ convert cubic meters per second to gallons, because they’re not the same dimensions. One is Length^3/Time, the other one is Length^3. So google assumes that you mean arcseconds, because arcseconds are dimensionless, making both sides the same dimensions and allowing the conversion to work. Granted, it could also have assumed that you meant gallons per second, but either way it’s making a guess.
>
> If you search for “x cubic meters per second in gallons per second”, it’ll give you the answer you want.
Well, I actually typed a further “s per minute” but for some reason the last few characters disappeared. I experimented around a little further and never got it to convert one flow to another. It may well have been something I was doing wrong, but not the validity of the conversion I actually typed. I would up asking it to convert the volume, and treated the seconds to minutes part on my own. I didn’t remember if “convert … to …” was the proper form, or “… in …”, or what, and the conversion wasn’t hard enough to keep trying more things. But when it became, well, mundane and pointless, I just had to bring it here…
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### Author:  [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2013, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convert-0-0024-cubic-meters-per-second-to-gallon/648362/9 "2013-01-25T23:55:24Z")
You also don’t need to type “convert.” The search results will be slightly different, but the conversion result won’t be.
For some reason, “12 parsecs in milliseconds” doesn’t work!
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### Author:  [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)
#### Post date: [January 26, 2013, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convert-0-0024-cubic-meters-per-second-to-gallon/648362/10 "2013-01-26T21:52:48Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#):
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> For some reason, “12 parsecs in milliseconds” doesn’t work!
Because a parsec is a unit of distance, like a light-year.
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### Author:  [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)
#### Post date: [January 26, 2013, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convert-0-0024-cubic-meters-per-second-to-gallon/648362/11 "2013-01-26T22:52:38Z")
> [@Derleth](#):
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> Because a parsec is a unit of distance, like a light-year.
Uh huh. You wanna step a foot-lambert closer, buddy, and say that again? No, not for a peck, but can’t promise it won’t hertz. Watch out, I have a minim of fluid scruples. 🙂
Yes, I know, woosh, etc. That’s the number used that Star Wars fans are fanwanking to this day, to explain that Lucas just didn’t make a mistake.
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### Author:  [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2013, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convert-0-0024-cubic-meters-per-second-to-gallon/648362/12 "2013-01-27T00:32:58Z")
I’m trying to convert inches/second into attoparsecs/microfortnight and google is being no help at all.