Has anyone come across these bottle sizes before? I had seen plenty of 500 mL,
1 liter, 2L and 2.5 liter bottle sizes, but not 1.5 liters which in this case
I'm referring to soda bottles. Just wondering if its a newer size or if I just
hadn't been looking hard enough. It's been awhile since I ha
Definitely had not seen that 299 mL coca cola container before. Ill keep an eye
out if theyre still around. I did see a liquid container labeled as being over
1100 mL. Unfortunately I forgot the name but I don't usually see labels
describing milliliters over 1000. Usually it switched to a label
An Engineer understands the concept of "significant numbers" (or significant
figures) and would not be likely to come up with 403 mL. Not understanding
significant numbers results in a lot of the silliness we see, like in the
example below
From: howard.res...@dot.ny.gov
To: usma@colostate.ed
Coca Cola had a spherical bottle (shaped like a Christmas ornament) with a
volume of 299 mL!
- Original Message -
From: Harry Wyeth
To: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: 2013-01-23 20:57
Subject: [USMA:52249] Oddball measurement
Just for laughs, here is today's oddball measu
Maybe they filled the can then measured it. Probably an Engineer, nothing like
engineers for precision.
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of
Harry Wyeth
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 9:58 PM
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:52249] Oddball
Or better still, the XYZ party. (XYZ = Conservative, Democratic, Labour,
Liberal Democrat, Republican as appropriate). J
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf
Of John M. Steele
Sent: 24 January 2013 12:26
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:52252] H
Well, the record is all-metric, because that is all Guinness recognizes (per
the
article). But the article is an odd mix of metric and traditional units:
http://www.studentnewsie.com/hennessey-venom-gt-sets-the-fastest-0-300kmh-production-car-record-15911/
I particularly enjoy the mixed mode p
