Tom Kelman Commerce Bank of Kansas City (816) 760-7632 > -------------------<snip>----------------- > > >>Ah... a pint, that's 32oz, right...? No, wait, isn't that 16oz? > >> > >> > > > >In all countries but the US. > >Everywhere else, a pint is 2.5 cups (20 OZ). > > > >
> I was taught "A pint's a pound the world around." > > ------------------<unsnip>-------------------> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / Ok let's put this "A pint's a pound the world around" statement to bed. That's at best an approximation used by cooks. First of all it applies to liquids that are mostly water. Even milk is denser, and weighs more, then plain water. Also the density, and hence the weight per volume, of anything changes with temperature and altitude (barometric pressure). Besides that a U.S. gallon is defined as 231 cubic inches and a U.S. gallon of fresh water at sea level at 72 degrees Fahrenheit weighs 8.345 lbs. This comes to 1.043 lbs per pint under the specified conditions. The imperial gallon (the UK system before they went metric) is defined as 10 pounds of pure water at 62 degrees Fahrenheit at a barometric pressure of 30 inches of mercury. The measure must be taken on scales, with the water suspended in the air and measured with brass weights. In the imperial system, with 8 pints in a gallon, a pint is 20 fluid ounces, so a fluid ounce of water does weigh one ounce exactly under the prescribed conditions). ***************************************************************************** If you wish to communicate securely with Commerce Bank and its affiliates, you must log into your account under Online Services at http://www.commercebank.com or use the Commerce Bank Secure Email Message Center at https://securemail.commercebank.com NOTICE: This electronic mail message and any attached files are confidential. The information is exclusively for the use of the individual or entity intended as the recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, copying, printing, reviewing, retention, disclosure, distribution or forwarding of the message or any attached file is not authorized and is strictly prohibited. If you have received this electronic mail message in error, please advise the sender by reply electronic mail immediately and permanently delete the original transmission, any attachments and any copies of this message from your computer system. ***************************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
