Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] conversion

["Mark Steed" <plutomark@mail.astate.edu>]

Hey Carl- Great stuff. Thanks. Maybe we can share a hogshead of beer sometime.  Mark Steed


---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Coalbunny <coalbunny@vcn.com>
Reply-To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
Date:  Wed, 04 Dec 2002 11:44:07 -0700

>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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