Metric vs. other measurement systems - chart

**wimton** · Jul 4, 2021, 04:43 AM

[QUOTE=Jon;164306]Metric vs. other measurement systems.

Great, do you also have one for weight and volumes?

**mklotz** · Jul 4, 2021, 11:30 AM

[QUOTE=wimton;184125]

Originally Posted by Jon

Great, do you also have one for weight and volumes?

A volume chart is going to be messy. Just the "barrel" unit alone will have a forest of intertwined lines like a French hedgerow.

There are seven different barrel sizes used in the USA, with the size being dependent on the contents. Their names and metric equivalents are as follows: US cranberry (95.5 liters), US dry (115.628 liters), US liquid (119.24 liters), US federal (117.348 liters), US federal proof spirits (151.416 liters), US drum (208.4 liters), US petroleum (135 kg.), US petroleum statistical (158.99 liters).

And then there's the matter of the floz (fluid ounce). Despite its name it's a volume measure, not a weight measure. There are a lot of fluids out there and the volume of each it takes to weigh an ounce will vary accordingly.

**old kodger** · Jul 4, 2021, 05:08 PM

Addendum to my previous post. Maybe it had something to do with it's internal volume (measured in barrels).

**marksbug** · Jul 4, 2021, 10:05 AM

just waite,he should turn it up a bit

**old kodger** · Jul 4, 2021, 05:05 PM

Just to add insult to the foregoing, many years ago I owned a boat, not much of a boat, 20ft or so long, but for Lloyds vessel insurance and registration it was measured in barrels. I suspect something to do with rum but bore NO resemblance to the number of barrels it could carry.

**marksbug** · Jul 4, 2021, 09:19 PM

or boyancy/displacement.....or possiably how much the captin can drink before his props are taken away....or..I havent a clue.ask loyd.

**old kodger** · Jul 4, 2021, 10:32 PM

Originally Posted by marksbug

or boyancy/displacement.....or possiably how much the captin can drink before his props are taken away....or..I havent a clue.ask loyd.

Yes, displacement seems most likely, 'tho I don't recall ever being asked about it's dead weight. Lloyd might know, or perhaps his brother George.

**Moby Duck** · Jul 5, 2021, 06:00 AM

Originally Posted by old kodger

Yes, displacement seems most likely, 'tho I don't recall ever being asked about it's dead weight. Lloyd might know, or perhaps his brother George.

I think Lloyd George knows my father.

**old kodger** · Jul 5, 2021, 04:43 PM

Originally Posted by Moby Duck

I think Lloyd George knows my father.

My dad knows Lloyd George. .......to the music please.

**marksbug** · Jul 5, 2021, 07:50 AM

curious george?yes he would for sure know how many barrels of monkeys it would hold. witch would be half of the rating as the other half had barrels of bananas in it. unless the monkeys poop over board then they can add some more barrels to the deck.but it would be over weight till the monkeys ate&pooped over deck.or died or thrown in to feed the sharks for the monkeys entertainment...try to stay on the monkeys good side.but always remember they are swingers....