[time-nuts] Obscure terms

[Samuel D. [x86/CPC]]

An off-topic from time to time is great, but a new email every minute
unrelated with time-nuts is a bit too much, didn't you think ?

Sorry, I don't want to be rude.


-----Message d'origine-----
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Envoyé : vendredi 21 août 2009 00:30
À : Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
Objet : Re: [time-nuts] Obscure terms

The amount of land a man and a mule can plow in one day.
43560 square feet
640 Acres=1 square mile

Jim Palfreyman wrote:
> Sheez - I'm so glad we have metric!!
>
> Can I ask you US dudes a question?
>
> Do you know, without looking it up, what an acre is?
>
> It's such a commonly used term for measuring large areas, but I bet
> most don't know what it actually is. I only know because of Pink
> Floyd.
>
> We use a hectare which is 100mx100m. Very easy to visualise, work with
> and convert.
>
> Jim Palfreyman
>
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