Talk:Minim (volume)

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I was once told by a physician that a minim is about one drop. (I assume of an average aqueous solution, or of water, but Castor Oil was actually being referred to).Carrionluggage 17:35, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Difference between litre and liter

Hello,

I have never heard of any difference between the US liter and the UK litre, feel free to correct me if I am wrong with this one, with some references. This is consistent with the article on Liter and Liter which appear to be the same thing, and only one is mentioned in [1] as far as i can see. I have found big conversion tables, but nothing expressing a difference between the two. Anyone know better? User A1 11:48, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

It's not a difference between one litre and another. The difference is between one minim and another. The US fluid ounce is about a millilitre bigger than the imperial one making for a smaller imperial minim. Jɪmp 00:29, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

I think I've probably clarified things a bit with the current reworking of the article. I surpose it was this edit which caused the confusion. Jɪmp 01:15, 11 January 2008 (UTC)