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Subject: Re: Measurements
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Date: Mon, 18-Aug-86 17:38:11 EDT
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In article <627@hropus.UUCP>, jin@hropus.UUCP (Jerry Natowitz) writes:
> Despite the saying that "a pint's a pound" to get technical and
> specific it isn't ... So one fluid ounce weighs 1.043 ounces.

I'd say that a rule of thumb that is accurate to about 4% was pretty
good.  Condider how many scientific calculations are considered OK
if they come out within a factor of 10.
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