Re: SI &c., eh?

[Bob Sciamanda <trebor@VELOCITY.NET>]

This is very common in PA

Bob Sciamanda (W3NLV)
Physics, Edinboro Univ of PA (em)
trebor@velocity.net
http://www.velocity.net/~trebor

----- Original Message -----
From: Alex Burr <PHYS010@NMSUVM1.NMSU.EDU>
To: <PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu>
Sent: Thursday, September 02, 1999 1:01 PM
Subject: Re: SI &c., eh?


> During a recent trip to Ohio I came across an unfamiliar (admittedly
> non SI) unit on a familiar appliance at a highway rest stop.
> -
> In reasonably large letters on the top was written the capacity as
> 3.8 Lpf
> 1   gpf
> -
> The numerical factors allowed me to determine the last unit to be
> gallon per flush