RE: baidarka stability


Subject: RE: baidarka stability
From: Peter A. Chopelas (pac@premier1.net)
Date: Thu Dec 21 2000 - 12:43:30 EST


Actually pure fresh water is exactly 62.36 LBS/cubic foot and 8.34 LBS/ US gallon [at 62 deg F]
And liquid water only weighs 1 kilogram per liter at O deg C, it weighs less at higher temperatures.

Peter

On Thursday, December 21, 2000 8:00 AM, Douglas Ingram [SMTP:redcanoe@pangea.ca] wrote:
> Or, EXACTLY, 1 kilogram per liter.
>
> No fuss about US versus Imperial gallons either, which will through off the
> calculation some. I had always worked with 10 lbs. per "real" gallon, not
> those little gallons.
>
> Douglas Ingram
>
>
> > As I recall freshwater is about 8lbs./gallon... 60lbs./cubic ft.
> >
> > Rob

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