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Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] conversion
Go to Psubs archive and search :
" Useful units and metric Conservation Factors "
or use:
http://www.psubs.org/mlist/archive/0012/msg00046.html
or search for metric.. all disscusions still there..
My 2 cent - also a copy from the archive files:
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"Hi Carsten here..
In a dive deep of 150 meter (equal to 15000 cm or 15000000 mm or 0,15
km)
is a water pressure of 15 bar or 15000 mbar equal of a water load of 150
t per square meter or 15000 Kg per square meter with a volume of 15000
Liter or 150 m3 (freshwater) - thats metric .. it takes me 30 seconds to
write it down - and I nee no calculator to do it..
At 500 feet are how many fathoms ? miles ? inch ? Which pressure psi is
equal to this deep ? or which water load in pound - and how long takes
it for a person, which use normaly imperial units,
to figure it out ? "
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But most important.. I have 10 fingers..
regards Carsten
DBACKIDS@aol.com schrieb:
>
> Even though the metric system is more simple, the standard system
> actually has a very logical base. For instance: What is the lowest
> number you can divide into halves, thirds, and quarters, with only
> whole numbers? 12 (6, 4, 3) --not 10 (5, 3.3...., 2.5). This is the
> basis for not only our inch/foot system, but also our timekeeping
> itself. Seconds, minutes, hours, they are all based on twelve.
> Of course, conversion within the metric system is much easier than
> standard.
> Just my cent and a half. (no, it wasn't a full two cents)
>
> David C