Apollo: One gas environment?

"Neil Gerace" wrote in message .au...
"Mary Shafer" wrote in message
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Well, she could if she knew where her Pratt & Whitney Vest Pocket
Aeronautical Handbook, or whatever it's called, is.

snip

In your own time

BTW Who makes/made JP-7?

The initial work on JP-7 was done by Pratt & Whitney, Shell, and
Monsanto.

Its density, as defined in the MSDS for JP-7 ranges from
6.52 lbs/USGal to 6.74 lbs/USGal. at 59F/15C.
Calorific value is 'bout the same as any other hydrocarbon.

--
Pete Stickney

In article ,
Mary Shafer writes:
On Tue, 04 May 2004 06:39:14 GMT, (Derek
Lyons) wrote:

However, a real cook or baker depends more on what the food is telling
them than on arbitrary time-and-temperature settings.

Actually, temperature is fairly important, particularly for fine
baking. In everything else, the tolerances are fairly large, though.
Bread is particularly tolerant.

I've recently acquired another oven, about 2,000 ft lower than the one
I've used for three decades. It's quite an interesting difference
between the two, probably because of both the altitude change and the
oven variation. Oh, well, I'll master this one eventually.

I keep getting this picture of Mary keeping an E-6B next to the stove,
in order to properlay calculate Indacated Cooking Time.

--
Pete Stickney
A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many
bad measures. -- Daniel Webster

In article ,
(Peter Stickney) wrote:

In article ,
Mary Shafer writes:
On Tue, 04 May 2004 06:39:14 GMT, (Derek
Lyons) wrote:

However, a real cook or baker depends more on what the food is telling
them than on arbitrary time-and-temperature settings.

Actually, temperature is fairly important, particularly for fine
baking. In everything else, the tolerances are fairly large, though.
Bread is particularly tolerant.

I've recently acquired another oven, about 2,000 ft lower than the one
I've used for three decades. It's quite an interesting difference
between the two, probably because of both the altitude change and the
oven variation. Oh, well, I'll master this one eventually.

I keep getting this picture of Mary keeping an E-6B next to the stove,
in order to properlay calculate Indacated Cooking Time.

Personally, I wonder if she special-ordered a convection oven with a set
of pitot tubes and a digital telemetry recorder . . . ;-)

--
Herb Schaltegger, B.S., J.D.
Reformed Aerospace Engineer
Columbia Loss FAQ:
http://www.io.com/~o_m/columbia_loss_faq_x.html

In article ,
says...
I've heard that in the US, this is one reason why kerosene (for
heating) and diesel (for driving) are different colors. I understand
you can get into trouble in the US if you're caught using kerosene in
your diesel engine of your vehicle.

Close, but it is heating fuel oil and diesel that differ only in taxes
and dyed color. Kerosene isn't generally used as a heating fuel and
isn't used in diesel engines.
--
Kevin Willoughby lid

Imagine that, a FROG ON-OFF switch, hardly the work
for test pilots. -- Mike Collins

Kevin Willoughby writes:

In article , says...
I've seen no mention in this threat that the ISS is half metric/
half SAE.

That's probably one of the more manageable problems of the multi-
national nature of the ISS. At least we all agree on the number of grams
in a pound.

Should we be glad we do not need to waste money lifting a third set
of tools -- Whitworth sizes?

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& no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX
Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433
is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433

Jim Davis writes:

Japan, of all places. And they measure power in something
called PS. Anyone know how many watts in a PS? I think 1 PS =
750W, ie a "metric horsepower".

A PS (Pferdestärke) is the "metric horsepower". It is defined as 75
kgf-m/s, which works out to be 736 W or 0.986 "real" HP. It's
another ******* unit that is rapidly losing ground to the kW.


If only we could get the HVAC people to join up. Down with tons
and BTUs...

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A host is a host from coast to
& no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX
Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433
is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433

jeff findley writes:


I've heard that in the US, this is one reason why kerosene (for
heating) and diesel (for driving) are different colors. I understand
you can get into trouble in the US if you're caught using kerosene in
your diesel engine of your vehicle.

No, kerosene and Diesel ARE quite different. Now, Diesel and "#2
Heat" are far closer, but the heating fuel lacks mumble-Cetanes that
the Diesel has.
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A host is a host from coast to
& no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX
Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433
is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433

"Pat Flannery" wrote in message
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dave schneider wrote:

and how many different types of planes, not counting spokeshaves, are
there?


Thousands! First there was the Wright "Flyer"; then there's the Curtiss
"Junebug", and the.... :-)

Planes ah say planes, boy! Carpenters', that is
(Boy's stronger'n an ox. And just about as smart.)

"Rick DeNatale" wrote in message
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Wall Street Journal, May 5, NYUE Closings for May 4, 2004

The inch closed up slightly against the cm yesterday after sluggish
trading in the metric sector.

On the other hand the Kilogram weighed in to counter the anti-metric trend
closing up 1.5 micrograms against the pound.

"David Lesher" wrote in message
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Kevin Willoughby writes:

In article , says...
I've seen no mention in this threat that the ISS is half metric/
half SAE.

That's probably one of the more manageable problems of the multi-
national nature of the ISS. At least we all agree on the number of grams
in a pound.

In fact, we all agree on the number of pounds in a kilogram (0.45359237),
but it turns out that the number of grams in a pound is not an exact number.
It would be nice if the 0.45359237 were changed to a number whose reciprocal
was also a terminating decimal.