[pct-l] When's an ounce not and ounce?

["Kelly Miller" <aj7x@amsat.org>]

Uhhhh....can you be more specific..?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-pct-l@backcountry.net [mailto:owner-pct-l@backcountry.net]On
> I just had to laugh at this one:
>
> Water has a specific gravity of 1 and all other liquids are
> heavier or lighter
> ?  Huh?
> Isn't this obvious?
>
> Let's see, methyl alcohol has a specific gravity of 0.810 and all other
> liquids are heavier or lighter also!  Uh, the same is nearly true
> for every
> liquid!
>
> I do suppose that there may be some cleverly concocted liquids
> that can be  made to have the exact same specific gravity and . . . there
must
> be a liquid  that has a specific gravity greater than any other, so it
> wouldn't be true  for it and . . . there must be a liquid that has a
specific
> gravity less than  any other, so it wouldn't be true for it either, but .
. .  other
> than those  . . .
>
> Perhaps what you meant to say, IIMBSBTS, is that any liquid with
> a specific gravity of less than 1 is lighter than water and any liquid
with
> a specific gravity that is greater than 1 is heavier than water.  Of
course,
> this can also be said for any liquid by substituting in the name of the
> liquid and its specific gravity.
>

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