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To: E. Charters who wrote (82376)2/20/2002 2:37:53 PM
From: E. Charters  Respond to of 116836
 
And remember it is 110 fathoms to the furlong, 8 furlongs to the mile, 40 chains to the mile, ten cables to the nautical mile, 4 rods to the chain, one chain to the cricket pitch, 3 hands to the foot, 12.5 pounds to the stone, 3 miles to the league, 4 roods to the acre, and 26 stones to the sack. It all works out. How is a mystery.

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To: E. Charters who wrote (82376)2/21/2002 10:13:59 AM
From: Professor Dotcomm  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 116836
 
Somebody, English I believe, suggested a duodecimal system as being the most convenient (as you say any measurement system can be made as accurate as any other) Such a system would eliminate recurring decimals in most cases. I suppose this was never put into practice because humans have only ten fingers and not twelve.


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