Thanks Marv - downloaded it for a look-see. Can't convert from hogsheads to tablespoons tho'? That's a bit of a worry
Since you're in one of the nations smart enough to have abandoned the Imperial mish-mash of units of (in)convenience, we'll forgive you for not knowing that one off the top of your head.
I tried your problem on my unit convertor, the one available free from my webpage, and it reports:
1 HOGSHEAD = 16128 TABLESPOONS
My convertor is designed the way these things should be designed. Instead of separate entries for each conversion (e.g., ft->in, ft->yd, ft->m, etc.) it asks for the source units (ft) and the destination units (e.g., chain). Internal to the program are the constants needed to convert a given unit to metric. So, it's simple to convert ft->m and, knowing internally the conversion from chain to meter, it can work out how many chains in a foot. The program also understands all the common unit prefixes (e.g., milli, micro, kilo, mega) and these can be prepended to any of the units (microchains, while stupid, is fully understood). It also has a facility for defining your own units of convenience (e.g., an acre-in of water).
The advantage is that, once a unit->metric conversion has been entered, that unit can instantly be converted to any compatible unit that has been entered without the need for a bunch of separate labels to wade through.
The disadvantage is that one must actually type in the source and target dimensions instead of clicking on some idiot GUI interface. This makes it too difficult for 90% of the population.
