[Rhodes22-list] A pint is a pound the world around - more or less, at least in the US

[Chris Geankoplis]

So, this is why the rest of the world except Yemen and Burma use the metric
system. Nice to know which group we fall into. 1 liter weighs exactly 1
kilo and occupies exactly 1,000 cubic centimeters. No cave man units!

Chris Geankoplis
Enosis

On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 3:43 PM Peter Nyberg <peter at sunnybeeches.com> wrote:

> Tom’s number for the weight of a gallon of water didn’t sound right to me,
> so I Googled it.  The internet says that a gallon of water weighs about 8.3
> pounds, and as we know, the internet is never wrong.
>
> I’ve always interpreted the saying in the subject of this post in a couple
> of ways:
>
> 1) The number of ounces (weight) in a pound is the same as the number
> ounces (fluid) in a pint (that is, 16).  This is true in the US, but not
> ’the world around’.
>
> 2) The weight of 16 fluid ounces or water (a US pint) is about a pound.
> This is not exactly true, but generally close enough in most settings
> outside of a laboratory. A gallon then, consisting of 8 pints would weigh
> about 8 pounds.
>
> The internet also says that Hank is right about the weight of gas ( a
> quick glance at search results shows weights ranging from 6.1 to 6.6 pounds
> per gallon) .  I never would have guessed that weight difference between
> water and gas was so wide.
>
> Peter Nyberg
> Coventry, CT
> s/v Silverheels (1988/2016)
>
>
>
> > On May 18, 2021, at 3:37 PM, Tom Van Heule <
> tom.vanheule at intrinsicprograms.com> wrote:
> >
> > Well I know water is 7.4.... and fuel floats... But thanks for the
> > clarification!!!
> >
> > On Tue, May 18, 2021, 1:40 PM Hank <hnw555 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Actually, 6 gals is about 36 lbs as gas is about 6 pounds per gallon.
>