I am not surprised at all. Many US cosmetics
companies are anti-metric, they were in the forefront of the TABD campaign
and some are attempting to foist the once liquid on French speaking people,
which they justify by citing Canadian regulations they have misread,

Han
Historian of Dutch Metrication, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

----- Original Message -----
From: "M R" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2002 7:11 PM
Subject: [USMA:19752] Elizabeth Taylor Perfume


> Elizabeth Taylor Perfume
> 'Passion for Men' comes in 2 sizes
> Small 1 has  '2 FL. OZ  60 ml' &
> bigger 1 has '4 FL. OZ  118 ml'.
>
> If 2 Oz gets 60 ml, then 4 Oz should have 120 ml and
> its a simple arithmetic.  Is is that different
> departments have different labels or is it an error
> or a deliberate attempt to foul SI.
>
> Madan
>
>
>
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