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Re: Manometer

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Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 22:51:27 -0600
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Original poster: "David Speck by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <dave-at-davidspeckmd-dot-org>

Rough calculation:

Density of Mercury:  13.57904 grams / cc

Density of Water:  1 gram / cc

therefore:  1 inch of mercury = 13.57904 in of water

or 1 in of water = 0.073 inches of mercury

HTH,
Dave

>Does anyone know what the relationship between inches of water and actual
>pressure in PSI is?  I know what it is for mercury, since altimeters and
>barometers commonly use it, but I can't find any info on water.

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