Jay Nugent wrote: > Too bad we blew it back in the late 70's, early 80's when we were > *supposed* to move over to the metric system. Base-10 is FAR better a > measurement scale than Base-the-kings-feet and other arbitrary scales. > > 0c = pure water freezes 32f > 100c = pure water boils (at sea level) 212f > > 1g = 1cc pure water (in liquid state) > > 1calorie = raise 1cc pure water 1c in 1minute > > Dang! Nice how dimensional measurements and mass and temperature all > relate to one another like that :-)
Water is only 1g/cc at 4C. Where'd they get that, you ask? That's the temp where liquid water is densest (sea-level pressure and all that). Also, a calorie is based on grams, not cc's and doesn't have anything to do with minutes. Calories are a measure of energy, not power. Dave _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
