5 Mar
2001
5 Mar
'01
10:50 a.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Gregory" <gregorym(a)cadvision.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 9:43 AM
Subject: Re: New here :-)
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.
I think you will find that metric measures are co-related at their basic
unit levels.
Essentially, this means that 1 Litre of pure water weighs 1Kg and is
where the basic units came from.
I seem to recall that a metre is 1 millionth of the circumference of the
Earth at the equator, or perhaps at the meridian
of Paris. (Napoleon started this I think). Something like that anyway.
Cheers
Geoff Roberts
Computer Systems Manager
Saint Mark's College
Port Pirie,
South Australia
geoffrob(a)stmarks.pp.catholic.edu.au
ICQ: 1970476