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Vybik Jon
Vybik Jon
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Re: You are the cool ruler
Feb 28, 2006, 15:40
A foot is a foot. Whose foot?

Dear oh dear.

The digits things is about counting systems rather than weights and measures, but even so, a system based around 10 still seems common sense to me.

I mean, look at this nonsense:

Length:
Inch
Link = 7.92 inches
Foot = 12 inches
Yard = 3 feet
Rod, Pole or Perch = 25 links = 5½ yards
Chain = 22 yards = 66 feet = 100 Links
Furlong = 10 chains = 220 yards
Mile = 8 furlongs = 1760 yards = 5280 feet

Area:
Sq foot = 144 sq inches
Sq yard = 9 sq feet = 1296 sq inches
Sq Pole = 30¼ sq yards
Rood = ¼ acre = 1,210 sq yards = 40 sq poles
Acre = 4 roods = 10 sq chains = 4840 sq yards = Statute acre
Virgate = 30 acres
Hide = 4 virgates
Sq mile = 640 acres

Capacity:
1 pint = 4 gills
1 quart = 2 pints
1 gallon = 4 quarts = 8 pints
1 peck = 2 gallons
1 bushel = 4 pecks = 8 gallons

Weight:
1 ounce (oz) = 16 drams
1 pound (lb) = 16 oz
1 stone = 14 lb
1 quarter = 28 lb
1 hundredweight (cwt) = 4 quarters = 112 lb
1 ton = 20 cwt = 2240 lb
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