On Sunday 24 April 2005 11:26, Ezra Steinberg wrote: > Yesterday I bought a supplement distributed by New Chapter and was > surprised to see metric only for the quantity. I also noticed other > products in the health section of the store that were all packaged in > rational metric sizes (even though the metric was listed in second place in > parentheses).
For supplements, that's pretty common. The mass indicated on a jar of, say, magnesium tablets (which I happen to have) is that of the magnesium (200 mg), not that of the tablet (1.5 g). A while ago I sent Don a list of round metric packages, including an 800-gram can of tomatoes. Cans are often not round sizes in grams or ounces, since they are made to round dimensions or volume (I'm not sure which) and how many grams they hold depends on the density. The same size can (not same as the 800-gram tomatoes) holds 425 g peas (including water), 430 g refried beans, or 432 g corn (again including water). However, in one of the nearby Asian stores, I saw several cans of the previous size, all holding 800 grams of various things. phma -- li ze te'a ci vu'u ci bi'e te'a mu du li ci su'i ze te'a mu bi'e vu'u ci
