@SUBJECT: Metric system, was UPS battery   
      
   In a message on Friday 01-12-16 Alan Zisman said to Holger Granholm:   
      
   Good day Alan,   
      
   Nice to read you again.   
      
    HG> An US gallon is 3.78 litres, while an UK gallon is 4.55 litres.   
    HG> A UK mile is 1.61 kilometres or backwards 1 km is 0.62 UK mile.   
    HG> In my Weights and Measurements Table, the Length of a US mile isn't   
    HG> mentioned.   
      
   Thanks for the update, I had a feeling that there was a difference.   
      
   It was welcome, since I have wanted to convert mph to knots because   
   some (quite many in fact), express the speed of a boat or vessel as   
   mph, instead of the correct expression, knots.   
      
   AZ> US and UK miles are identical. 'Nautical miles' however, are   
   AZ> different from land miles: "exactly 1,852 meters (about 6,076 feet)"   
   AZ> compared to 5280 feet for land miles - in both the US and UK.   
      
   Of course, beeing an inhabitant on an island and having lived every   
   summer in the archipelago, I do know the Nautical mile is 1852 metres.   
      
   OTOH, in Sweden a "sj” mil = sea mile", isn't the same as a nautical one   
      
   AZ> packaged grocers often have odd package-sizes, with what would be a   
   AZ> US-standard size is converted to an odd sounding number of   
   AZ> millilitres or grams.   
      
   Yes I know. In Sweden they love to express volumes in deciliters, while   
   we mostly use milliliters until we come up to a liter.   
      
   For weights, swedes use hecto(kg) which is a tenth of a full kilogram.   
      
   AZ> Even when working just in metric, confusion can occur. In Canada,   
   AZ> for instance, beer bottles and servings are measured in millilitres   
   AZ> - 375 ml, for instance - which confused me (and the server) the   
   AZ> first time I was asked what size beer I wanted in France, where the   
   AZ> serving size is in centilitres. 375 CL is a very large glass!   
      
   Yes, it is 3750 ml, quite a difference but I think that a german beer   
   glass is about that size, according to what I see on the TV.   
      
   Even though I have been to Germany, I'm not the beer drinking kind,   
   so I don't have a personal experience.   
      
      
   Have a nice day,   
      
   Holger   
      
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