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Date:         Tue, 31 Jan 2006 15:23:51 +1100
Reply-To:     Stephen Overmyer <S.OVERMYER@UWS.EDU.AU>
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From:         Stephen Overmyer <S.OVERMYER@UWS.EDU.AU>
Subject:      Re: vanagon Digest - 30 Jan 2006 - Special issue (#2006-83)
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Date:    Tue, 31 Jan 2006 16:25:49 +1300
From:    Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject: Re: Metric this, metric that


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?
--




....and how about the rod or perch ? (I sometimes see it on old land or
property surveys)


1 rod or perch = 5 1/2 feet from memory...I mean, WTF is that all
about...:-)
The peck I am unfamiliar with...can you enlighten me?


Cheers,
Steve O
NSW Australia
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