digital camera Q

Anne Wilson cannewilson at tiscali.co.uk
Thu Oct 26 15:39:49 UTC 2006


On Thursday 26 October 2006 16:29, Gene Heskett wrote:
> >Does anyone know the reasoning behind the US 16 fl. oz., then?
>
> Its all generally a power of 2, 32 being a quart, 64 being 2 quarts, and
> 128= gallon here.  Going the other way 8 oz is a cup, 1 oz is a tablespoon
> etc.
>
Hmm - similar logic to metric, then.  Just a different base.

Anne
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