Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Re: metric system

[Coalbunny <coalbunny@vcn.com>]

Because, David, everyone's confused!  The Nautical Mile thing is because
"Air miles" is the same thing as "Nautical miles".  And one NM is still
6,076 feet; 1012.69 fathoms; 1.852 km; and 1.15078 statue miles.
Carl


David Buchner wrote:
> 
> I see that Ray has already asked for this debate to end, so I won't put in my comments on that whole thing -- but it does bring up a question that's on-topic.
> 
> If I bought a submarine built in the UK, would its instruments be calibrated in meters and, um, (would that be N/m^2 's?)?
> 
> That is, I see airplanes still measuring altitude in feet (and have been told that this is still an aviation standard all over the world... true?), I hear NASA using nautical miles during launches, and SCUBA divers still seem to use feet. Is that just in the US, or this another of those cases where distinct special-interest communities use their own traditional "standards" regardless of the official system of the country they're in?

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