Yes, maybe he had his sentence built backwards. Turning it around as you
suggest would make more sense.
Of course, the way to do that would be to amend the remnant of the
Mendenhall Order in the US Code (or wherever it is) and re-define the
gallon as equaling 4 L exactly.
That will never happen. Note how large an impediment FMI is already.
Jim
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On 2013-08-05 13:20, cont...@metricpioneer.com wrote:
Jim makes a good point.
I think Mark was probably thinking that NIST should redefine a cup as an
eighth of a liter.
David Pearl MetricPioneer.com 503-428-4917
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Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2013 13:01:18 -0500
From: James Frysinger <j...@metricmethods.com>
Reply-To: j...@metricmethods.com
Subject: [USMA:53135] Re: Measuring Cup
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu>
The liter is defined by the CGPM, not by NIST.
Jim
On 2013-08-05 12:34, Henschel Mark wrote:
I think we should ask NIST to redefine a litre as eight cups. Each one
would be slightly bigger than 30 mL, but the math to increase recipe
sizes would be a lot easier.
Mark
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Date: Sunday, August 4, 2013 12:01 am
Subject: [USMA:53131] Re: Measuring Cup
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu>
Eight 240 mL cups should not be equal to two liters.
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> Everyone needs to know, especially if you prepare
> food with measuring cups, that if you use the USC side, that each USC
ounce is
> precisely 30 mL and the 8 ounce marking on the cup means 240 mL and
not 236 and
> some decimal dust millilitres.
> If you do conversions from ounces to millilitres
> in recipes, do not use 28 g or 29.5 mL. Use both 30 g and 30 mL as
the cup
> manufacturers are using the FDA and not the NIST definitions for cup
> dimensions.
> http://lynnescountrykitchen.net/glossary/utensils/measurecup.html
> A cup-shaped kitchen utensil,
> varying in size from 1/4 to 5 cup measures that are used to hold
specific
> amounts of both dry and liquid ingredients. Traditional small dry
measuring cup
> sizes are used for dry measures of 1/8, 1/4, 1/3, 1/2, 1, and 2-cup
sizes in
> U.S. measures or 30 ml, 60 ml, 80 ml, 120 ml, and 240 ml in metric.
The liquid
> measuring cups can range in sizes that measure from 1 teaspoon or 5
milliliters
> to 8 cups or 2 liters. The smallest cup measures 1 to 6 teaspoons in
U.S.
> measures or 5 to 30 milliliters (ml) in metric.
> Other links with the same 240 mL = 8 ounce
> relationship:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/57178175/25-mixing-measuring-cups-for-epoxy-resin
http://www.lighthouseproductionsinc.com/disposable-measuring-cup-graduated-8-ounce-240-cc/
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