>as an architect i hope you are joking. >simplle question: if your architect/builder/whatever hands you an 1:1 model, >how many times smaller is it than what you finally get? > >answer: 12 times. 1:1 means 1 foot=1inch....... so, how many times smaller >is a 1:3/4 model/plan? > >car example. wrench sizes 1/8, 3/16, 1/4, 5/16, 3/8........ >isnt it easier to say 12, 13, 14, 15? > >coming to your playwood example: true, if you keep the same size. but just >cut them 2.5m x 5m > >welcome to the new tire thread. hope this doesnt dissolve into US vs the >rest of the world...... > >florian Exactly. And every metric unit is a multiple of 10, 100 or 1000. Compare: 1mi - ?yd 1 mi - ?ft 1yd - 3ft 1ft - 12in Volume? Area? How about cubits, chains, furlongs, pecks? -- Andrew Grebneff Dunedin New Zealand Fossil preparator <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut HUMANITY: THE ULTIMATE VON NEUMANN MACHINE DEMOCRACY: RULE BY THE LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR |
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