Lester,
Regarding your question of September 30th @ 11:42 a.m.
''Can you make any sense of some markings on a 1 fl.pt. measuring jug that I just got at Wal-Mart. It's a clear plastic flat-topped jug, internal dimensions are a cylinder 3 1/2'' wide by 3'' deep, with the embossed markings cast as part of the jug. The embossed markings on one side, which are the ones I understand, are: 1 fl.oz., 2 fl.oz., 3 fl.oz., 4 fl.oz., 5 fl.oz., 6 fl.oz., 7 fl.oz., 1 fl. cup, 9 fl.oz., 10 fl.oz., 11 fl.oz., 12 fl.oz., 13 fl.oz., 14 fl.oz. 15 fl.oz., 1 fl.pt. The 1 fl.pt. mark is indicated as just being the top edge of the jug. But it's the embossed markings on the opposite side of the jug that I'm asking about. They are: 1 av.oz., 2 av.oz., 3 av.oz., 4 av.oz., 5 av.oz., 6 av.oz., 7 av.oz., 8 av.oz., 9 av.oz., 10 av.oz., 11 av.oz., 12 av.oz., 13 av.oz., 14 av.oz., 15 av.oz., 1 av.lb. The 1 av.lb. mark is embossed, unlike the 1 fl.pt. mark, and is about 1/8'' below the top edge of the jug. Can you tell me why there are weight markings on this jug, and how they are supposed to be used. Up until now I always thought that you could only weigh weight on a scale. I don't think the weight markings are a mistake, because they are not level with the fluid ounce markings, and the 1 av.lb. mark is an embossed mark 1/8'' below the rim, unlike the 1 fl.pt. mark which is shown as the rim itself. The only other thing on the jug is an embossed mark cast into the bottom that says: ''MADE IN CHINA''. I assume they mean Commie China.''
Lester, as you said you can only weigh weight on a weighing scale. Fluid measures & dry measures were created only for the quick estimating of weight, not for the weighing of weight.
So the cast embossed weight markings on your 1 fl.pt. container are nonsense.
The dimensions you gave of 3 1/2'' wide by 3'' deep are about right for:
1 fl.pt. = 28.800 cu.''
1 av.lb. wine = 28.800 cu.''
Dropping down the depth by about the 1/8'' that you mentioned, gives the dimensions of 3 1/2'' wide by 2 7/8'' deep, which are about right for:
1 av.lb. distilled water @ 39.2° = 27.648 cu.''
Lester, maybe all socialist china kitchens are kept at 39.2° at all times, and maybe all socialist china cooks cook their stir-fry with distilled water at 39.2°, instead of cooking oil at 392°.
Info @
http://www.weights-and-measures.com
And topic:
old Avoirdupois Weight
Common Fluid Measure & Common Dry Measure
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