New here :-)

From: Mark Gregory <gregorym_at_cadvision.com>
Date: Mon Mar 5 17:13:26 2001

----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Cisin (XenoSoft)" <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 3:55 PM
Subject: Re: New here :-)


> > And those are U.S. measures, I think. A cup is half a pint; an
imperial
> > pint is 20 fluid ounces, not 16. An imperial quart = 2 imperial pints
=
> > 1.136523 litres (1136 ml); 4 U.S. cups = 946 ml.
>
> Where does "A pint is a pound the world around" apply and/or originate?
>
Using an appaling mishmash of measurement systems, dubious logic, and
half-remembered facts:

1 pint ~= 500 millilitres and 1 milliLitre of water weighs 1 gram.
So, 1 pint ~= 500 grams, and 454 grams = 1 pound, so postulate that a pint
of water might weigh 1 pound.

Or, a "metric pound", commonly used in Germany is 500 grams. So (in Germany
at least), a pint is a (metric) pound.

Cheers,
Mark.
Received on Mon Mar 05 2001 - 17:13:26 GMT