On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 10:23:31PM +0100, Andrew Beattie wrote: > Dirk Koopman wrote: > >>Which weighs more, an ounce of lead or a fluid ounce of mercury? > > Mercury (at a guess), it is anyway (now) certainly more valuable. > > You are right, but I won't let you away with a guess. > > Why is it heavier?
Not that you were asking me, but I believe that a fluid ounce is the volume of an ounce of water. Mercury is more dense than water, hence that volume of mercury will weigh more than an ounce. Was this once the thread about acme and towels? Nicholas Clark
