WP 34S Unit conversion question

[Dieter]

(05-15-2014 04:19 AM)rkf Wrote:  Strange, indeed. The predecessor to NIST, the National Bureau of Standards, yet gave the conversion 1 pound = 0.45359237 kg

It may be much easier than we think. One pound is 16 ounces (exactly). So if the 34s says that 1 oz = 28,34952 g, one pound would equal 453,59232 grams (which obviously is not correct). Now if 1 lb = 453,59237 g (exactly), this would mean that 1 oz = 28,349523125 g. Which is the correct solution according to Wikipedia. I think it is essential and important to keep the exact relation 1 : 16 in the conversion factors. Let's update the grams to ounces conversion and we're done.

Dieter