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British driving and Imperial units of measure
On 2011-12-07 03:59:22 -0600, Martin said:
On Tue, 6 Dec 2011 18:26:47 -0600, Dan Stephenson wrote: On 2011-12-06 17:08:30 -0600, Jack Campin said: True geniuses of engineering come up with something like this: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...nits_graph.svg - Now, how many poppyseeds are one shackle? That gives two inconsistent lengths for the nautical mile. Follow the path footyardfathomcablenautical-mile and you get 6000 feet, but a direct link says 6080. 6000 feet is also referred to as a "data mile", in the US Navy. British Navy, too, I wonder? I think they wanted something more even, such as was the inventil of the "mil" = 1/6400ths of a circle. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nautical_mile http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_mile -- Dan Stephenson http://web.mac.com/stepheda Travel pages for Europe and the U.S.A. (and New Zealand too) |
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British driving and Imperial units of measure
On Saturday, 19 November 2011 09:24:42 UTC, Johannes Kleese wrote:
And in general, the English measures make more sense than metric, anyway. Everybody knows this. they're easier to manipulate in one's head Indeed. 1 inch being 0.0833 feet or 0.02777 yards is a straight-forward conversion and just makes sense. Say I'd measured several small pieces and summed up to 1373 inch. That's obviously 114.42 feet or 38.14 yards, got that in a second of thinking. I wonder what wicked idiot came up with the idea that turning 3487 centimeters into 34.87 meters would be as easy? a connection usually with something in everyday life (inch, foot, yard, gallon, etc.), Which could not be true for the metric system. And who uses a rule anyway, we calculate using fingers so we may measure with thumbs, too. Not to speak of the problem that a US liter surely is different from an Imperial liter. Something that could never ever happen with gallons. and all the tooling already invested-in are all in English / Imperial measures. Definitly. I still use those 200 year old tools, too. Those rulers with both Imperial and metric units make me crazy. You forgot one point, though: The metric system for lengths, for example, is based on just one lame unit, the meter, extended with some factor of ten, if needed. True geniuses of engineering come up with something like this: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...nits_graph.svg - Now, how many poppyseeds are one shackle? There are no English measurements! They are imperial measurements. What do the Scottish and Welsh use? !!! |
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Dollar Glen What is a shilling? British driving andImperial units of measure
On Wednesday, 7 December 2011 00:25:15 UTC, Dan Stephenson wrote:
On 2011-12-06 17:25:23 -0600, Jack Campin said: IIRC dollar derives from thaler, not Dollar in Scotland. Ah, and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thaler Given thaler is a germanic origin for "valley", it makes me figure, Dollar Glen, which named Dollar Castle, is really double-named, insofar as Glen is also a name for valley. Dollar in Scotland is from Gaelic "dolleir", "gloomy place", from the deep valley you pass through to get to it. No connection with the "-thal"/"-dale" Germanic toponyms. Aha, thank you, Jack. So much of Scotland is so pretty. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- e m a i l : j a c k @ c a m p i n . m e . u k Jack Campin, 11 Third Street, Newtongrange, Midlothian EH22 4PU, Scotland mobile 07800 739 557 http://www.campin.me.uk Twitter: JackCampin -- Dan Stephenson http://web.mac.com/stepheda Travel pages for Europe and the U.S.A. (and New Zealand too) So are the Scottish girls too especially when they come! |
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British driving and Imperial units of measure
irwell is even more funny than martin
"Irwell" a écrit dans le message de groupe de discussion : ... On Sun, 27 May 2012 13:04:02 -0700 (PDT), wrote: On Saturday, 19 November 2011 09:24:42 UTC, Johannes Kleese wrote: And in general, the English measures make more sense than metric, anyway. Everybody knows this. they're easier to manipulate in one's head Indeed. 1 inch being 0.0833 feet or 0.02777 yards is a straight-forward conversion and just makes sense. Say I'd measured several small pieces and summed up to 1373 inch. That's obviously 114.42 feet or 38.14 yards, got that in a second of thinking. I wonder what wicked idiot came up with the idea that turning 3487 centimeters into 34.87 meters would be as easy? a connection usually with something in everyday life (inch, foot, yard, gallon, etc.), Which could not be true for the metric system. And who uses a rule anyway, we calculate using fingers so we may measure with thumbs, too. Not to speak of the problem that a US liter surely is different from an Imperial liter. Something that could never ever happen with gallons. and all the tooling already invested-in are all in English / Imperial measures. Definitly. I still use those 200 year old tools, too. Those rulers with both Imperial and metric units make me crazy. You forgot one point, though: The metric system for lengths, for example, is based on just one lame unit, the meter, extended with some factor of ten, if needed. True geniuses of engineering come up with something like this: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...nits_graph.svg - Now, how many poppyseeds are one shackle? There are no English measurements! They are imperial measurements. What do the Scottish and Welsh use? !!! Cabers and saucepans. |
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