Date:         Tue, 31 Jan 2006 16:25:49 +1300
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Re: Metric this, metric that
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>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>
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