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Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] conversion
FINALLY! Something I can contribute!
500 feet equals-
15,240 cm....
83.339 fathoms....
7.5755 chains, Gunter's....
499.999 feet, US survey....
.7575 furlongs....
6,000 inches....
152.4 meters....
.1524 kilometers....
152,400,000 microns....
.0825 miles, nautical/international....
.0945 miles, statute....
152,400 millimeters....
1.524 E 11 millimicrons....
60,000,000 mils (?)....
30.303 rods....
25 ropes, british....
166.66659 yards....
And then, it's a definition of feet.
Standard foot, 12 inches....
US Survey foot, 12.000024 inches....
History says-
Athens foot, 12.44 inches....
Aegina foot, 12.36 inches....
Miletus foot, 12.52 inches....
Olympia foot, 12.64 inches....
Eturia foot, 12.44 inches....
Rome foot, 11.66 inches....
North foot, 13.19 inches....
England foot, 13.19 inches....
France foot, 12.79 inches....
Moscow foot, 13.17 inches;
And then there are the off-the-wall comparisons, which I will only
mention here- angstrom units, arpent, astronomical units, aune, bolts,
cable, cable lengths, cape foot, cape rood, chains, cubits, digit,
digitus, ells, em/pica, hands, knots, leagues, li, lines, liniya, links,
miglio, milion, milliar, nail, paces, palmi, palms, parsecs, passus,
pes, picas, pie, points, ri, Sabbath's day journey, skiens, spans,
stadia, stadion, stadium, toise, tu, verst, and lastly, zoll.
Carl
Carsten Standfuss wrote:
>
> 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:
> _______________________________________________
> "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 ? "
> _________________________________________
>
> 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
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