Geez, Bill. A pipette is a small pipe.
A pippet is a small pipette. The Italians have an even shorter one called the (drum roll, please) ... picolopippeto. Jim On Monday 11 July 2005 23:30, Bill Potts wrote: > What the heck's a pippet? > > Or do you mean pipette? > > Bill Potts, CMS > Roseville, CA > http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Behalf Of Nat Hager III > >Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 16:03 > >To: U.S. Metric Association > >Subject: [USMA:33512] RE: German measurement practices > > > >>>For example, beverages are labeled in liters only (Coca Cola and > > > >bottled water are bottled in 0,2 ml, 0,5 ml, and 0,7 ml, using the comma > >as a decimal marker. > > > > > >Sounds more like a microliter pippet, Germans must not be very thirsty. > >I know, they're saving up for their beer! > > > ><g> > >Nat -- 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
