At 03:12 +0000 on 11/04/2011, Ted MacNEIL wrote about Re: Out damn'd GMT ...:
US: 2 cups - 8 by 2 = 16 oz IMPERIAL: 2.5 cups = 20 oz 1 IMP gallon = 10 lb (water) 1 US gallon = 8 lb 1 IMP gallon = 160 oz 1 US = 128 oz In both systems: 1 oz weighs 1 oz (water) 1 millilitres of water = 1 gramme.
OTOH: 1 oz of gold weighs more than 1 oz of water while 1 lb of gold weight lots less than 1 lb of water - the water is 21.53% heavier.
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