>>>>>http://www.online-calculators.co.uk/volumetric/cylindervolume.php
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>>>>>This returns the volume in cubic inches, which makes sense, but I need the result in cups.
>>>>>
>>>>>The cylinder is 3" high with a 14" diameter.
>>>>>
>>>>>What is the calculation to get the volume in liquid measure?
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>>>>Well, whatever a "cup"'s capacity is (?????) - divide that into the cylinder's capacity.
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>>>What do the US, Burma, and Liberia have in common? They're the sole nations that haven't switched to the metric system.
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>>>The US would save themselves a lot of hassle if they'd switch.
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>>Like space shuttles that don't blow up on launch.
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>>The thing is: what difference does it make if you put a measuring tape along a piece of wood and read off the cms instead of ft & ins, and use those in your (much simplified) calculations.
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>>Also you can convert cubic measure and weight directly to liquid (assuming water-like liquids) as 1cc = 1cl, and 1l = 1Kg, et al.
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>As hot water expands thats not very exact though is it. And the 1kg to litre is only water.

Bless you - I wasn't talking about when doing precise calculations to run space station life support systems on, but for everyday rule-of-thumb usage, eg quantity of liquid ingredients in a recipe (as opposed to fluid oz, etc) - just how metric units make life easy. That's why I said "water-like" liquids, eg coffee, milk, tea, orange juice