John, No it isn't. Not even close to "the world around".
From WP: "One fluid ounce is 1⁄16 of a U.S. pint, 1⁄32 of a U.S. quart, and 1⁄128 of a U.S. gallon. The fluid ounce derives its name originally from being the volume of one ounce avoirdupois <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avoirdupois>of water, but in the U.S. it is defined as 1⁄128 of a U.S. gallon. Consequently, a fluid ounce of water weighs about 1.041 ounces avoirdupois. The saying "a pint's a pound the world around" refers to 16 US fluid ounces of water weighing approximately (about 4% more than) one pound avoirdupois. An imperial pint of water weighs a pound and a quarter." You also have troy and apothecary systems - all different. Urrghhh. A cubic metre holds 1000 litres (exactly) and a 10x10x10 cm container holds a litre (exactly). A litre of water weighs 1kg, A ml of water weight 1 gram. (Fantastic for cooking btw - use digital scales, put your bowl on them, zero it and add, say, 250g of milk/water/most liquids) And if you want a laugh go youtube "American Chopper metric system" and watch that short video. It is the final conclusive proof why metric is superior. Jim On 15 December 2011 07:02, John Ackermann N8UR <[email protected]> wrote: > On 12/14/2011 2:29 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > Another small thing I miss is that a liter of water weighs a kg (under >> reference conditions, I forgot what that was :). Then the specific weight >> of various materials only has to be known by their "density" (ratio of >> specific weight compared to water). It makes all sorts of calculations ( >> and guestimations) easy. >> > > I remember one (and only one) thing from my 7th grade math teacher: "A > pint's a pound the world around." > > John > > > ______________________________**_________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/** > mailman/listinfo/time-nuts<https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts> > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
