Regarding your question of March 20th @ 10.11 a.m.
‘’I’m sending your several photos of this so-called fluid pint bottle, so that you can see what I’m talking about. Why is a dry pint bottle marked as a fluid pint bottle? Why are the second markings upside down? And what is the bottle used for?’’
Tom, I will assume the above is a serious question.
Tom, go to any store in the country, and you will see that bottle, or one similar to it. It is used to make up 1 fl.pt. of milk by shaking up water & dried milk together.
For others reading this message and who can’t see your photographs, I will give a description of the bottle.
clear glass bottle of a squat, round shape
looks exactly like the old fl.pt. milk bottle, except it is oversize
although marked as 16 fl.oz. (1 fl.pt.), it is in fact exactly 1 dry pt. size
unlike the old milk bottle, is has a screw on top
screw on top is completely made out of one piece of stainless steel sheet
screw on top has no gasket or seal of any kind
the bottle is made/cast with outside embossed markings & letterings
one side of the vertical embossed line has the embossed markings & letterings running from bottom to top
4 fl.oz. & 8 fl.oz. & 12 fl.oz. & 16 fl.oz.
the other side of the vertical embossed line has UPSIDE DOWN embossed markings & letterings running from TOP TO BOTTOM
4 fl.oz. & 8 fl.oz. & 12 fl.oz. & 16 fl.oz.
on the outside bottom of the bottle is a small embossed ‘’TAIWAN’’ and a large embossed “4”
the bottle looks brand-new, or hardly used
Tom, look on any dried milk box and you will see instructions similar to the following:
To make 1 fl.pt., first pour 14 fl.oz. of water into the bottle, and while swirling the water around the bottle, sprinkle in 5 fl.oz. of dried milk. Mix thoroughly.
??? 1 dry pt. = 18 2/3 fl.oz., not 19 fl.oz.
??? 14 fl.oz. + 5 fl.oz. = 19 fl.oz., not 16 fl.oz.
No problem, Tom. The dried milk is instantly absorbed by the water and you will find that 14 fl.oz. plus 5 fl.oz. does make 16 fl.oz. Also, the 18 2/3 fl.oz. of the dry pt. is plenty big enough to mix up the 19 fl.oz., as the 5 fl.oz. of dried milk is absorbed, as already said, to make up the 16 fl.oz. instantly.
I don’t know why there are the upside down markings, but whatever brand of bottle you buy seems to have them.
For some reason all the bottles I’ve seen, are made in taoist taiwan, shinto japan, or commie china. Maybe fresh milk is not sold there, and folks always have to make up their fl.pt. of milk from dried milk.