Notice that if the article were in ounces only, it would be impossible to figure out what type of ounces we're talking about. 
It still doesn't explicitly state whether the 0.042 ounces are fluid or  not, so it takes the metric unit to lead us to the right guess.

On 3/6/06, Paul Trusten, R.Ph. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From, of all places, the Texas Society of Health-System Pharmacists E-News.
Pat, they dumbed it down---or, rather, "dunged" it down. Again,
ounce-ophrenia:

"A Sign of the Times.  Sakae Shibusawa, an agriculture-engineering professor
at the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology said that his team has
successfully extracted 1.4 mL (0.042 ounces) of gasoline from every 100 g
(3.5 ounces) of cow dung by applying high pressure and heat.  The new
technology could be a boon for livestock breeders in reducing the burden of
disposing of large amounts of waste, according to the researchers. "



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