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Re: Air line piping: Part Deux...er...Trois

To: nick brearley <nick@landform.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Air line piping: Part Deux...er...Trois
From: pethier@comcast.net
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2007 18:56:51 +0000
> >From: "John T. Blair" <jblair1948@cox.net>
> > > So if a gal is .158 Cu Ft
> At 04:49 03/01/2007, Phil Ethier wrote:
> >It's not.  It's closer to .134
> >One gallon is about 7.48 cubic feet.
OOPS.  One cubic foot is about 7.48 gallons.  I really must slow down...

From: nick brearley <nick@landform.co.uk>
> It depends. According to Pocket Ref  1 US Dry gallon is  0.15556 cu 

I don't know anyone who uses US Dry gallons for anything.

>1 US Liquid gallon is 0.13368 cu ft.

Yes.  That's pretty close to .134, like I said. 

> Perhaps the gallon/cu ft figures should be transposed?

Yeah, I fixed that typo above.  Thanks for catching it.

> Nick Brearley
> Wont muddy the waters any further by bringing real gallons (imp) into 
> the equation.  : ^) 

It's all Thomas Jefferson's fault.  If he could have put his ego in "Park" for 
five minutes, we'd be all metric.

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