Something isn't quite right here ...
> Also "a pint of water weighs a pound and a quarter" (Standard rhyme
which
> used to be memorised by all school children) so 20 fluid ounces of
water
> (1 pint) weighs 16 ounces Av.
If a pint of water weighs 16 ounces and that is a pound and a quarter, a
pound must equal 12.8 ounces. According to my conversion program:
1 UK pint = 20 UK fluid ounces
1 US pint = 16 US fluid ounces
1 UK pint = 1.2 US pint
1 pound = 16 ounces
Now, "a pint of water weighs a pound and a quarter" ... a pound and a
quarter is 20 ounces and, a UK pint is 20 fluid ounces ... ! ... ?
Using the conversion program again:
1 UK fluid ounce = 0.02841307 liters
1 US fluid ounce = 0.02957353 liters
and
1 ounce = 0.02834952 kilograms
so, assuming that 1 liter of water weights 1 kilogram, one UK fluid
ounce will weigh about 1 ounce!
Am I missing something?