Subject: Re: Metric essay

[ken mayer]

> Date: Sat, 05 Jun 1999 12:38:34 -0700
> From: Aaron Willis <darkmonahue at awwwsome.com>
> 
> At 09:55 AM 6/5/99 -0700, you wrote:
> .
> >And is not hard to relate things to example 1liter of water weighs about 1 kg
> >and it occupies an area 10 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm.
> 
> 	Actually a liter of water weighs EXACTLY one kg...one of the
> nicer things about the metric system.  One cc of water weighs one
> gram, etc...

Well, almost.  The density of water varies with temperature, so the mass
of one liter of water will vary with temperature.  1 liter = 1 kg only
holds at standard temperature and pressure.

Ken
:-)