Isn't it 32 'inches' of water, or is it inches of mercury? -----Original Message----- From: James R. Cunningham To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Date: Thursday, May 31, 2001 10:59 AM Subject: Re: [OT]: Compressed air questions... >I'd like to have a nickle for every time I done that ('remembered' the >wrong constant). I'd be retired to the south seas right now. In round >numbers, 1 atmosphere is about 33.92 feet of water, more or less. > >Barry King wrote: > >> I wrote: >> I remembered the wrong constant. 32 "feet of water" is about 1 >> atmosphere. Jim's answer is right, I think. > >I wouldn't go so far as to say that -- that I'm right. > >Jim > >-- >http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList >mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu > > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu