I tried desperately to find out the factor for converting
ounces to liters and kg, but i didn't get any result.
the values vary from about 20g/ounce to above 30, there are hundreds
of different ounces, (av, troy), and UK and US, i'm confused and will
probably
never know the differnce between fluid and dry ounces.
I have this conversion poster on the wall.
the stupid thing does only say 1 gill = 5 fluid ounce
and 1 fluid ounce is 8 fluid drachm. this is one dead end.
the poster further says "1 fluid ounce = 28,4cm^3"
and a few lines below it says " 1 fluid ounce = 29,6cm^3".
It is a very stupid poster, i have ripped it off and trashed it.
It hangs there for maybe 5 years and i never got a single useful conversion
out of it. I think the difference may be between UK and US. (Strange
that there is a difference, maybe the sailors have drunken some of it..)
1 fluid ounce water, how much does it weigh? 1 dry ounce?
> SENSE ? you want to make sence out of this ? you, sir, are a better
> man than I !
At least there must be reason, if there is no sense.
> Ounces are one of our favorite units. we use them to measure
> liquid. A shot glass of Vodka is about 1 ounce liquid.
>
> or weight, A postal letter under 1 ounce gets one stamp.
>
> A large soda is about 32 ounces, or about one liter.
That's a huge soda, you get that at a restaurant?
here a large soda is 0,5liter (will weight about a pound without the
glass).
>
> A loaf of bread is about 16 ounces, or just less than half a kilogram.
Well, loafes of bread are usually 1kg here, but you get them cut in half
too.
'course there are smaller ones and bigger ones..
(--> seems you guys drink more and eat less ;-) )
> It can be argued that whomever came up with the term did not have one
> ounce of sense!
fluid or dry?
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