Would fl oz be femtolitre ounces? Ha Ha, just kidding!
I'm sure the fl can be dropped if declarations in litres are also given. The litre declaration would imply a volume thus the ounces would have to be the volume type and not the mass/weight. Euric ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nat Hager III" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, 2004-02-28 18:32 Subject: [USMA:29011] RE: Wisconsin Ice Cream > Yes it did. But I don't pay much attention to those units. > > Nat > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Bill Potts > Sent: Saturday, 2004 February 28 18:26 > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:29010] RE: Wisconsin Ice Cream > > > Something is wrong here. > > !.2 L is a volume; 40 oz is a mass. > > Nat: Did the container say oz or fl oz? > > Bill Potts, CMS > Roseville, CA > http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Behalf Of J. Ward > >Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2004 14:39 > >To: U.S. Metric Association > >Subject: [USMA:29007] RE: Wisconsin Ice Cream > > > > > >Hi Nat, > > > >Are you sure they rounded off the metric value and not the number > >of ounces? > >>From the way you have typed it, it gives the impression that they > >really mean > >1.2 L, and put (40 oz.) as the approximate conversion. > > > >John > > > >On Saturday 28 February 2004 13:19, Nat Hager III wrote: > >> Proctor and Gamble has been doing that properly for years. Downy > >> fabric softener is listed as 1.2 L (40 oz) rather than 1.18L (40 oz). > > >> Dawn dish detergent is listed as 740 ml (25 oz), rather than 739 ml > >> (25 oz). They obviously put some thinking into their rounding, others > > >> can too if they try. > > > >
