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a 'pinch'...or a 'dash', and their metric equivelents...

updated sun 10 jul 05

 

pdp1@EARTHLINK.NET on fri 8 jul 05


Found this, pretty cool...


http://www.weights-and-measures.com/xliqbulkeq.html


(This page is one of many, for which the "return to contents" =
page-link, appears at the bottom of it...a wonderful listing of many =
pages of various measures...)


In which we find...

That one Fluid Pinch, being 1 & 1/24th of a Dry Pinch, which or, .3073 =
millilitre

And that one Fluid Dash, being 1 & 1/24th of a Dry Dash, or, .6145 =
millilitre


And one Dry Pinch being 24/25ths of a Fluid Pinch, or .2950 millilitre

And one Dry Dash being 24/25ths of a Fluid Dash, or .5899 millilitre


Evidently, one comes out ahead getting two Fluid Pinches, rather than =
one Fluid Dash...or, two Dry Pinches, rather than one Dry Dash...at =
least if in the Metric way of faith...seeing as they seem to have =
rounded off the decimal and so on...

Good to know...could come in handy...



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