In article >,
Alex Brewer > wrote:
>I just had to calibrate some water flow meters at work and found this
>useful when I did so.

>One US gallon of water weighs 8.33 lbs. I wanted to calibrate the
>scale, so I ran in 20 gallons of water into a container and expected
>to see 166.6 lbs of water. The difference between what I measured and
>what I expected was the accuracy of the scale.

This seems to be the way to go. I don't need *exact*< but it would be
nice to be within a quart, or much less than a quart . . .

hawk
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