Actually a pound of gold weighs less than a pound of feathers. Gold is weighed in the troy system. 12 oz = 1 troy lb. - Ted MacNEIL [email protected] Twitter: @TedMacNEIL
-----Original Message----- From: Joe Aulph <[email protected]> Sender: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2011 15:06:09 To: <[email protected]> Reply-To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Out damn'd GMT ... "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. " Are you sure we're not confusing "mass" for weight? Is not an ounce and ounce? What was the old question, which is heavier a ton of bricks or a ton of feathers? I'll think on that one durring my extra hour of sleep Sunday... On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 2:05 AM, Robert A. Rosenberg <[email protected]>wrote: > 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. > > > ------------------------------**------------------------------**---------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at > http://bama.ua.edu/archives/**ibm-main.html<http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html> > -- Joe Aulph, Florida Dept. of Children & Families Senior Systems Programmer: 850-487-8945 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
