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authorJay Belanger <jay.p.belanger@gmail.com>2007-08-17 19:57:14 +0000
committerJay Belanger <jay.p.belanger@gmail.com>2007-08-17 19:57:14 +0000
commit7026903cf303168725fa3091d5eeaa5f0134dc43 (patch)
tree8d6f2a9ccde138f1d3ba656b48eb8b2d2a26354b /lisp/calc
parentef77dde4c30ab115bc3d4863cf9760376000004b (diff)
downloademacs-7026903cf303168725fa3091d5eeaa5f0134dc43.tar.gz
(math-standard-units): Give exact conversion for tsp.
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-rw-r--r--lisp/calc/calc-units.el4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/calc/calc-units.el b/lisp/calc/calc-units.el
index ae94fc43ae1..3724490169a 100644
--- a/lisp/calc/calc-units.el
+++ b/lisp/calc/calc-units.el
@@ -89,7 +89,9 @@
( ozfl "2 tbsp" "Fluid Ounce" )
( floz "2 tbsp" "Fluid Ounce" )
( tbsp "3 tsp" "Tablespoon" )
- ( tsp "4.92892159373 ml" "Teaspoon" ) ;; (approx) ESUWM
+ ;; ESUWM defines a US gallon as 231 in^3.
+ ;; That gives the following exact value for tsp.
+ ( tsp "492892159375*10^(-11) ml" "Teaspoon" )
( vol "tsp+tbsp+ozfl+cup+pt+qt+gal" "Gallons + ... + teaspoons" )
( galC "galUK" "Canadian Gallon" )
( galUK "454609*10^(-5) L" "UK Gallon" ) ;; NIST