[time-nuts] Obscure terms

J. Forster jfor at quik.com
Thu Aug 20 22:32:22 UTC 2009


An acre is 43,560 Sq. Ft. It is evenly divisible by 9 to convert to sq.
yards, and also in square rods, a surveyer's unit.

Oh, BTW, a slug is a unit of Mass, not Force. It is the mass that, when
subjected to a 1 lb. force will accelerate at 1 ft/sec/sec.

-John

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> 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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