New here :-)

From: Geoff Roberts <geoffrob_at_stmarks.pp.catholic.edu.au>
Date: Tue Mar 6 18:02:38 2001

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sean 'Captain Napalm' Conner" <spc_at_conman.org>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 9:43 AM
Subject: Re: New here :-)


> It was thus said that the Great FBA once stated:
> >
> > >Essentially, this means that 1 Litre of pure water weighs 1Kg and
is
> > >where the basic units came from.
> >
> > 1 Litre will also fit quite nicely in a cube 10cm a side.
>
> At 4 degrees Celcius at sea level, don't forget.
>
> -spc (Atmospheric presure is measured in millibars, right?)

Correct. The ISA (International Standard Atmosphere) is 1013.2
hectopascals (equiv - millibars) _at_ 20C (hmm or is it 15? been a while
since I did Met.)

Cheers
Geoff
Received on Tue Mar 06 2001 - 18:02:38 GMT