06-24-2006, 01:24 AM
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Loungin' Around
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Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: West Coast
Posts: 30,587
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Originally Posted by Oldfart
Once you established the volume of water, you could mark the container, empty the water, fill it with the other liquid to be measured and have an accurate measure.
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Of course back then we didn't know about density. The person who got a "pound "of sand really got their "money's" worth. 
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