Weights and Measures ** Was: drams, ml's etc

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Hey y'all,

 

I'm posting above this cause there's no need to post twixt the lines ..

and I'm leaving the messages below intact cause I wanna do so. ;-p

 

We can find all kinds of URLs that tell us how to convert this to that

but we can't find one that tells us how to convert apples to oranges or

monkeys to bird dawgs or feet to pounds .. or weights to measures.

 

Because we Americans insist on using an antiquated system we often get

confused on weights and measures .. if we used the metric system we

could avoid that confusion.

 

Most American dictionaries have a section in the back that lists all the

various weights and measures.

 

Fluid ounces ........ is a Measure .. 1 fluid oz = 29.573 ml

Avoir ounces ........ is a Weight ... 1 Avoir oz = 28.35 grams

 

That tells us that millimeters are also measures and grams are weight.

 

A 10 ml bottle will hold the same amount of pure water and molten lead,

and the pure water will weigh exactly 10 grams .. but the molten lead

might weigh 70 or 80 grams .. depends on the density.

 

Why will 10 ml of pure water weigh 10 grams? Because pure water is the

standard used by man as a starting point for determining conversion of

densities in order to convert weights to measures. Thus, pure water has

been assigned a factor of " 1 " .. but almost every other liquid in the

world .. to include sea water and essential oils .. will have a plus or

minus 1 density. So .. if we wanna do the math to convert weights to

measures we gotta know the density of what we're converting.

 

Science hasn't yet figgered how to convert the other things I listed.

Though I have met 4-5 people in my life who have proven that nice people

can be converted to instant a.holes .. just add alcohol. ;-p

 

Y'all keep smiling. :-) Butch http://www.AV-AT.com

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> Everyone I know who has ever sold liquids by the dram has sold the

> contents of the bottle by volume - 3.5 ml is the standard measure for a

> dram ... and a ml is by definition a volume measure. I hope the helps.

>

>

> *Smile*

> Chris (list mom)

> http://www.alittleolfactory.com

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>

> Janine [Janine]

> Sunday, November 23, 2003 6:20 PM

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> drams, ml's etc

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> When people sell by the dram or ml, is it being sold by weight or

> volume? Is there a standard? How is it possible to know which person

> is selling by which method?

>

> Thanks,

> Warm regards,

> Janine Phariss

> www.BlueSageNaturals.com