Daniel wrote: "Our alcohol also
comes in metric sizes and what someone may refer to as a pint is actually
500 ml."
Except for beer, which is, by law,
sold in U.S. customary sizes. Stupid law!
By the way, 500 mL is preferable to 500 ml,
although ml is permissible.
Bill Potts, CMS
Roseville, CA
http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
Roseville, CA
http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Daniel
Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2005 05:40
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:33245] Re: The BTU again!
> How about using mW ?One could, but that would be bordering on the ridiculous
> And that's why cc gets used instead of cu-in with car engine sizes?
> Or 500ml instead of "1" pint?We don't use cubic centimetres for car engines, we use litres. At one time the cubic inch was used for large engines and cubic centimetres for small. Litres replaced cubic inches some 30 years ago. My Buick Century has a V6 3.1 L engine. I wouldn't know it any other way.At least with litres, if you need to know cubic centimetres, you can move the decimal point 3 places to the right, so I have a 3100 cm³ engine. What kind of engine does your car have in metric units? If you don't know, look it up in your owners manual before responding.
