. Elementary physics and chemistry: first stage . Litre. Pint. Fig. 17.—A litre bottle will hold ij pints. These two bottles look nearly the same size, but the glass of the litre bottle is much thinner than that of the pint bottle. cubic centimetres of liquid. This capacity is called a litre. All liquids are measured in litres in countries where the metric system is adopted. Thus in France, wine, milk, and such liquids are sold by litres instead of by pints. A litre is equal to about one and three-quarters English pints. A litre bottle and a pint bottle are shown side by side in Fig. 17.

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