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Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] conversion
BTW, that data I presented is in Pocket Ref by Thomas Glover, ISBN
0-9622359-0-3; Sequoia Publishing, Littleton CO, (303)972-4167. I think
it was like $9 or $10 or so.
Carl
Coalbunny wrote:
>
> 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
>
> --
> "You delight not in a city's seven or seventy wonders, but in an answer
> it gives to a question of yours, or the question it asks you, forcing
> you to answer, like Thebes through the mouth of the Sphinx." -- Kublai
> Khan
--
"You delight not in a city's seven or seventy wonders, but in an answer
it gives to a question of yours, or the question it asks you, forcing
you to answer, like Thebes through the mouth of the Sphinx." -- Kublai
Khan