Density of Gasoline?
Gary Derian
gderian at cyberdrive.net
Tue Jun 2 12:23:47 GMT 1998
An avoirdupois ounce is weight. 16 of them is a pound. A fluid ounce is a
volume measurement, not a weight. 16 fluid ounces of water does not weigh a
pound. Isn't our measurement system wonderful? Stick to metric if you want
real answers.
Gary Derian <gderian at cybergate.net>
>Neil McKenzie wrote:
>
>> Just a suggestion : How about converting the pounds to fluid ounces (16
>> oz = 1 pound) then the 16 fl oz to ml (16 fl oz = 473 ml)
>
>Oops,but 16 fluid oz only equals one pound if the density is the same as
>water,
>
>for example
>
>take a pint of beer, it weight about a pound,
>drink the beer,
>observe the glass now is holding 16 fluid oz of air, and weights much less.
>repeat
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