Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] cubic feet / gallons conversion

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In a message dated 4/21/02 4:15:59 PM EST, mholt@richmond.edu writes:

<< I had my doubts, too, until I realized that a gallon of mercury
 fills the same space as a gallon of milk.  But it doesn't feel
 right. >>

Actually, a gallon of one thing will be equal to a gallon of anything else, 
like a pound of feathers will weigh the same as a pound of steel, but I'm not 
sure that a gallon of any liquid can be converted to ^3' by the use of that 
number.

Charles