Recipe#13147

Title: Equivalents 03

Newsgroups: rec.food.veg.cooking 
 From: Susan Allen susan.a.allen@boeing.com 
 Subject: Re: American 'Can' measurement - how much is it ? 
 Message-ID: <35F6D683.A1D4841D@boeing.com> 
 Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 00:45:41 GMT 

U.S.            Metric
 1/4 cup         60 milliliters
 1/2 cup         120 milliliters
 1 cup           230 milliliters
 1 1/4 cups      300 milliliters
 1 1/2 cups      360 milliliters
 2 cups          460 milliliters
 2 1/2 cups      600 milliliters
 3 cups          700 milliliters
 4 cups (1 quart)        .95 liter
 1.06 quarts     1 liter
 4 quarts (1 gallon)     3.8 liters
         
 Metric          U.S.
 50 milliliters  .21 cup
 100 milliliters .42 cup
 150 milliliters .63 cup
 200 milliliters .84 cup
 250 milliliters 1.06 cups
 1 liter         1.05 quarts
  
 Approximate Metric Equivalents by Weight
 U.S.            Metric
 1/4 ounce       7 grams
 1/2 ounce       14 grams
 1 ounce         28 grams
 1 1/4 ounces    35 grams
 1 1/2 ounces    40 grams
 2 1/2 ounces    70 grams
 4 ounces        112 grams
 5 ounces        140 grams
 8 ounces        228 grams
 10 ounces       280 grams
 15 ounces       425 grams
 16 ounces (1  pound)    454 grams
         
 Metric          U.S.
 1 gram          .035 ounce
 50 grams        1.75 ounces
 100 grams       3.5 ounces
 250 grams       8.75 ounces
 500 grams       1.1 pounds
 1 kilogram      2.2 pounds
 Approximate Metric Equivalents by Length
 U.S.            Metric
 1/4 inch        .6 centimeters
 1 inch          2.5 centimeters
 2 inches        5.08 centimeters
 4 inches        10.16 centimeters
 5 inches        13 centimeters
 6 inches        15.24 centimeters
 12 inches       30.48 centimeters
 36 inches       91.44 centimeters