XPost: van.general   
   From: gary@spamblok.com   
      
   On Mon, 21 Oct 2013 14:57:27 -0700, JM wrote:   
      
   > Gary wrote:   
   >>   
   >> Thanks.  Litres, cubic metres, I had no idea of their   
   >> relationship.   
   >>   
   >   
   > OK. A quick, I mean very quick, explanation of the relation betwen   
   > length, weight and capacity in the metric or international system.   
   >   
   > One metre is devided into 100 centimetres. No problem there. A cube of   
   > 10 cm side would hold one litre. If filled with pure water and under   
   > certain conditions of altitude and pressure, that one litre of water   
   > would weigh one kilogram. Got it ?   
      
   SNIP   
      
   	Thanks again.   
      
   	One further question:  was it by design that a 10 x 10 x 10   
   cm cube of water would weigh one kilogram?   
      
   	That is, did whoever designed the metric system use that   
   amount of water to define how much a kilogram weighed?   
      
   	Otherwise, it seems like a weird coincidence.   
      
   - Gary   
      
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