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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