That could be, Pat, but ANSI standards are voluntary industry standards. I limited the domain in my comments to the U.S. government, including its agencies. Federal standards are usually unlimited in lifetime. Industrial consensus standards typically have a limited shelf-life. For example, IEEE standards are revised or reaffirmed every five years.
It would make sense for ANSI to have come out with a standard such as you mention in the late '70s or early '80s, just after our big thrust to go metric. We've all ruled the demise of that program. But given that, I wonder if ANSI Z61got reaffirmed. If it had, I suspect that would have been discovered in the standards processes that I particpate in. No guarantee, though. Jim On Thursday, 2004 February 05 05:10, Pat Naughtin wrote: > Dear Jim, > > I believe that there was a standard for cooking measures adopted in the USA > in the late 70s or early 80s. I think its number was ANSI Z61. > > I believe that this was the document that set the standard tablespoon as > 15 mL and the standard teaspoon as 5 mL in the USA. In contrast the > Australian tablespoon is set at 20 mL and the Australian teaspoon is set at > 5 mL. > > I don't have a copy of the standard (ANSI Z61) to check on whether it > referred to the size of cups. Perhaps somebody else can help. > > Cheers, > > Pat Naughtin LCAMS > Geelong, Australia -- James R. Frysinger Lifetime Certified Advanced Metrication Specialist Senior Member, IEEE http://www.cofc.edu/~frysingj [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Office: Physics Lab Manager, Lecturer Dept. of Physics and Astronomy University/College of Charleston 66 George Street Charleston, SC 29424 843.953.7644 (phone) 843.953.4824 (FAX) Home: 10 Captiva Row Charleston, SC 29407 843.225.0805
