6 Mar
2001
6 Mar
'01
11:22 a.m.
On Tue, 6 Mar 2001, Merle K. Peirce wrote:
I just ran across this:
a speck is 1/4 of a saltspoon.
a saltspoon is 1/4 of a teaspoon
1 wine glass is 1/2 of a gill
two gills make a cup
And as you can see, we haven't even touched on firkins or hogsheads.
And for those who dislike Kilometers per hour, perhaps furlongs per
fortnight would be more pleasing. The conversion factor is 1670.3232.
- don
On Tue, 6 Mar 2001, Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) wrote:
And to bring this boack on topic:
there are three SCRUPLES in a DRAM
M. K. Peirce
Rhode Island Computer Museum, Inc.
Shady Lea, Rhode Island
"Casta est quam nemo rogavit."
- Ovid
> Well Dick, I guess you've never been asked to
measure out a pinch
> or a dab.
That's a tad more than a smidgin isn't it?
Actually, I think they are all
precisely defined in terms of scruples,
aren't they?