>On 10/16/04 5:04 AM, "Andrew Grebneff"
><andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ> wrote:
>
>>>  3.2 liters equals 195.276 cubic inches I believe.
>>
>>  What the heck are cubic INCHES??
>>
>>
>That is a good question for the younger members of the list.  This is an old
>measurement once used on american metal produced prior to some time in the
>70s.  427cid 428cid and 440cid were once considered ideal numbers. Even
>better than the xx-xx-xx series once discussed in that era as well.

My question was tongue-in-cheek, but does reflect today's usage. The
nondecimal system was always ridiculously clumsy, and I never could
remember how many feet or yards there were in a mile, even as a kid
in Canada in the 60s.
--
Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin
New Zealand
Fossil preparator
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
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