Joe: You've inadvertently exchanged the SI values for the Canadian. and U.K. cups. (Or the Canadian Metric Practice Guide has.)
Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Joseph B. Reid > Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2002 08:38 > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:19430] Re: (no subject) > > > John Kilopascal wrote in USMA 19428: > > >All I know is a cup is 250 mL. All of the measuring cups in my house are > >dual marked with the 250 mL being closer to the top than the FFU > equivalent. > >If I'm at a friend or family member's house when they are cooking, and I > >happen to watch them fill the cup. I notice they always seem to fill it > >closer to the 250 mL amount. Not that they are consciously > doing this, but > >they are filling it as close to the top as possible without > going too high > >and having some spill out. > > > The Canadian Metric Practice Guide lists the following cups: > Canadian 227 mL > U.S. 237 mL > UK 284 mL > > These numbers arise from: > 4 Canadian cups = 1 imperial quart > 4 U,S. cups = 1 U.S. liquid quart > 5 British cups = 1 imperial quart > > Joseph B.Reid > 17 Glebe Road West > Toronto M5P 1C8 Tel. 416 486-6071 > >
