I read this note 3 times before I saw why Jim posted it...

At 08:35 AM 3/29/2004, Jim wrote:
I am probably wrong, but I think a centimeter is a linear measure and cubic
centimeter and milliliter are measures of volume.

I think Jim said this because I wrote:


> The Twelfth General Conference on Weights and Measures has defined a liter
> to be a cubic decimeter (10cm x 10cm x 10cm).
>
> Therefore, 1cm = 1 ml.

When I meant to say "1cc = 1ml."


Which proves that a writer is not the best proofreader of his own copy.

Burgess


> Previously, a liter was defined to be 1.000028 cubic decimeter.  For all
> practical purposes, then, a cc (correctly, cm�) has always equaled a
> milliliter.
>
> At 10:39 PM 3/28/2004, you wrote:
> >A CC (cubic Centimeter), is 10 ml (ten Milli-Liters)...
>
>



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