Mark Zen wrote: > > At 14:24 01-12-98 -0800, Philip T. wrote: > > I do remember that water weighs about > >64 lbs. per cubic foot, depending on whether it's fresh or salt. > > i read the above, and said HUH?? > 8.6lbs/gallon or 1kg/liter > 2.2lbs/kg so 64 pounds of water is 29 liters, slightly more than a cubic foot ;-) > then i also read: > > >Vancouver, BC, Canada V6J 1K1 > > and said, oh a canadian talking about pounds and feet ;-) A cubic foot of fresh water is 62.4 pounds (not sure at what temperature). Salt water is heavier & I recall 64 pounds/cubic foot though it will depend on the salt concentration. Dead Sea water will be heavier than ocean water. Oh, I'm Canadian too, but educated before we modernized & adopted the metric system. -- Lloyd Bowles The Mad Canoeist "Keep the open side up!" http://www.fortunecity.com/greenfield/clearstreets/358/index.html *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Dec 01 1998 - 19:38:38 PST
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