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Subject: Re: Measurements
Message-ID: <354@agrigene.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 15-Aug-86 09:55:01 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 15 09:55:01 1986
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Summary: A pint's a pound the world around.
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In article <740@moscom.UUCP>, de@moscom.UUCP (Dave Esan) writes:
> Does anyone know where liquid measure comes from?
> That is what is a quart, pint or gallon?

A pint of water weighs about one pound.
The saying "A pint's a pound the world around" expresses the mistaken
idea that a pint of anything weighs 1 lb.  However, this *is* a
reasonable approximation, as most liquids, especially aqueous solutions,
have a specific density of about 1, give or take 0.1-0.2.
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