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From:   Conrad Sigona [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent:   Thursday, October 09, 1997 4:33 PM
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Subject:        Re: BEE-L Digest - 2 Oct 1997 to 3 Oct 1997
 
It's statements like this one that make me glad that I was taught the Metric system! I hope our friends to the south join the majority and switch over. Everything is consistent and calculations are much simpler in metric. ( Although , miles per gallon sounds better than litres per 100km)  
 
A ounce is both a unit of weight and of volume.
 
When used for weight, 16 oz (ounce) = 1 lb (pound).
When used for volume, 16 oz = 1 pint, 32 oz = 1 quart, 128 oz = 1 gallon.
 
Please also note that the US quart is different from the imperial quart.
 
Conrad Sigona
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