converting cubic inches to cubic litres

[Szyjakowski]

Dru said:

the real important one to know is how many grams to the ounce.

28.0

[Dru]

are you sure its not 4.20

[Szyjakowski]

is that in metric or swahili?

[minx]

Szyjakowski said:

is that in metric or swahili?

 

it's canadian

[E-rock]

Why is this thread still going? DOH!

[sobo]

Because we're all a bunch of mushroom-munchin', pot-smoking engineering/lab tech geeks!

[Ursa_Eagle]

"The metric system is the tool of the devil! My car gets 40 rods to the hogshead, and that's the way I likes it!"

-Grandpa Simpson

 

(his car only gets .002 miles/gallon)

 

[sobo]

Ursa Eagle,

 

I know that a rod is 16.5 feet, which is 0.003125 miles. Therefore, in order for Grandpa Simpson's car to get 0.002 mpg, a hogshead must equal 62.5 gallons (US, not Imperial), no? Note that no attention was paid to sig figs, Necro

 

Where on earth did you find such a measure, UE?

[klenke]

Someone in this thread is a real geek and it aint me.

[sobo]

Uncle! Uncle! Uncle! I give. It's me!

 

But one must ask why you keep reading it...

[Ursa_Eagle]

taken from http://www.onlineconversion.com/volume.htm one US Hogshead = 62.999999 US Gallons. For all intensive purposes, 1 hogshead = 63 gallons.

taken from http://www.onlineconversion.com/length_all.htm one rod = 16.5 US/International feet.

 

therefore:

 

40 (rod/Hogshead) * (16.5 ft/rod) * (1 mile/5280 ft) * (1 Hogshead/63 Gallons) = .00198 miles/gallon

 

Any questions?

[sobo]

UE,

 

I back-calculated the value of a hogshead starting with the mileage figure of 0.002 mpg, unaware that it was a rounded value (0.00198 mpg). That's how I got 62.5 gallons/hogshead. Since it work out exactly to 62.50000..., I figured that 's what the value of a hogshead (in US gallons) was. Any other questions?

[Alpine_Tom]

Can't you just do it in cubits?

[Ursa_Eagle]

which kind? English (1.5 ft), Roman (1.4566929 ft), Egyptian (1.476378 ft), or Royal Egyptian (1.7175197 ft)?

 

(all aforementioned feet are the International/US standard feet)

 

[Dru]

[Thinker]

Ursa_Eagle said:

taken from http://www.onlineconversion.com/volume.htm one US Hogshead = 62.999999 US Gallons. For all intensive purposes, 1 hogshead = 63 gallons.

taken from http://www.onlineconversion.com/length_all.htm one rod = 16.5 US/International feet.

 

therefore:

 

40 (rod/Hogshead) * (16.5 ft/rod) * (1 mile/5280 ft) * (1 Hogshead/63 Gallons) = .00198 miles/gallon

 

Any questions?

 

Yes. What does "all intensive purposes" mean?

 

Did you actually intend to say "all intents and purposes"?

[specialed]

What measurement do you use if your purpose is just casual?

[Ursa_Eagle]

specialed said:

What measurement do you use if your purpose is just casual?

 

3... always 3

[Ursa_Eagle]

Thinker said:

Yes. What does "all intensive purposes" mean?

 

Did you actually intend to say "all intents and purposes"?

 

I have no idea. Hasn't it been obvious that I'm a numbers guy and not a words guy?

[Dr_Flash_Amazing]

Ursa_Eagle said:

taken from http://www.onlineconversion.com/volume.htm one US Hogshead = 62.999999 US Gallons. For all intensive purposes, 1 hogshead = 63 gallons.

taken from http://www.onlineconversion.com/length_all.htm one rod = 16.5 US/International feet.

 

therefore:

 

40 (rod/Hogshead) * (16.5 ft/rod) * (1 mile/5280 ft) * (1 Hogshead/63 Gallons) = .00198 miles/gallon

 

Any questions?

 

While we're quibbling over minutiae, people, the phrase is "for all intents and purposes", not "for all intensive purposes".

 

Sheesh!

[allthumbs]

flash=nutty professor

[Thinker]

you're a little slow on the draw today, DFA...

[E-rock]

Yeah read the thread before you spray

[Ursa_Eagle]

now that I think about it, "for all intents and purposes" does make more sense....

[Beck]

dru, it's 28.5 grams/oz, but for you, I'll make it 24 g/oz.