cubic gallons

[Wilson Gray]

Bill, I heard that!

FWIW, back in the '70's, there was a company that sold liquid
hand-cleaner in containers whose content it referred to as "four
liters - one metric gallon." I thought that was pretty cool.
Unfortunately, Weights & Measures did not agree and the company had to
simplify the statement of content to the far more prosaic "four
liters." My feeling is that, if there can be metric tons, why not also
metric gallons? For the average Joe Blow working a job that requires
the use of a special hand-cleaner, "one metric gallon" probably makes
more sin... uh, sense than "four liters."

-Wilson

On 9/22/05, Mullins, Bill <Bill.Mullins at us.army.mil> wrote:
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> Poster:       "Mullins, Bill" <Bill.Mullins at US.ARMY.MIL>
> Subject:      Re: cubic gallons
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> >
> > Fox News reports this morning that the municipal pumping
> > stations in N.O. are pumping out "miliions of cubic gallons"
> > of water per hour.
> >
> > Here's a site from 1997-99 that says the cubic gallon is real
> > [http://wings.avkids.com/Book/Flight/intermediate/measure-01.h
> > tml] : "Other cubic measures are: Cubic meters, cubic
> > gallons, cubic liters."
> >
> > It's copyrighted by Cislunar Aerospace, Inc., so it must be
> > accurate !  About 500 Googlits for "cubic gallons" too !
> > (Fewer for "metric gallons.")
> >
> > Can anyone provide a scientific explanation ?   Or is science
> > baffled once again ?
> >
> The best scientific explanation is that many people who have keyboards
> don't have good learning.
>


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-Wilson Gray