I did not mean it that way as I know that the fl.oz in both versions has been around for a very long time. I meant the 'French' version of the US fl.oz. This has been 'invented' by Estee Lauder. In Canada the old once liquide was the UK fl. oz. The US fl.oz has never been used in any French speaking territory.
I had never seen 'oz.liq.' labels on any product until I saw it on EL products 2 years ago. Indeed I do not attribute the fl.oz to EL, but I do attribute the present once liquide to that company. Regards, Han Historian of Dutch metrication, Nijmegen, The Netherlands ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara and/or Bill Hooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, 2002-03-24 03:25 Subject: [USMA:19019] Re: Small companies and TABD > on 3/22/2002 3:42 AM, Han Maenen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the once liquide, invented by Estee Lauder > I don't believe the fluid ounce (once liquide) can be attributed to Estee Lauder. It has been used in the Anglo-American kitchens for generations. The typical measuring cup for cooking contains 16 ounces (referred to as fluid ounces when necessary to distinguish them from dry ounces and ounces of mass). Many liquid and semi-liquid products are dols in the US by the ounce (fluid ounce). Regards, Bill Hooper retired physics professor, Florida, USA
