Re: Metric Time (was Re: Why not 13 months? (Was La Systeme Metrique))

Wilson Roberto Afonso (wilson@best.com)
17 Oct 1995 10:58:56 -0700

Chris Marriott <chris@chrism.demon.co.uk> writes:

>In article <45rrnd$jrh@cynic.portal.ca> curt@portal.ca "Curt Sampson" writes:
>>In article <hatunenDGH61F.Dy0@netcom.com>,
>>DaveHatunen <hatunen@netcom.com> wrote:
>>
>> 8.7 oz (250 ml)
>>
>>I can see that metric will never make it in the US. :-)

>Huh? How can you equate a unit of mass with a unit of volume?

That's a "fluid" ounce (fl.oz.), which is a unit of volume. It's
close to 28 ml.

-Wilson