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bg@lysator.liu.se

Thu, Aug 20, 2009 5:30 PM

I have seen a standard deviation expressed in foot-meter.

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Björn

Civil engineers measure water reservoirs in Acre-Feet.

-John

I have seen a standard deviation expressed in foot-meter. -- Björn > Civil engineers measure water reservoirs in Acre-Feet. > > -John >

MD

Magnus Danielson

Thu, Aug 20, 2009 6:20 PM

J. Forster wrote:

Civil engineers measure water reservoirs in Acre-Feet.

A personal favorite of my own production is the volume cubicliter. :)

A related measure is the squareliter... which is the area that a liter
of milk spilled on a kitchen floor covers.

Cheers,
Magnus

J. Forster wrote: > Civil engineers measure water reservoirs in Acre-Feet. A personal favorite of my own production is the volume cubicliter. :) A related measure is the squareliter... which is the area that a liter of milk spilled on a kitchen floor covers. Cheers, Magnus

JF

J. Forster

Thu, Aug 20, 2009 6:26 PM

Many of these wierd units make perfect sense to those working in that
field every day.

The acre-feet for example. It is only necessary to figure the area of a
pond once and then a simple ruler will tell you how much water is in it
and if you need to start rationing water use.

-John

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J. Forster wrote:

Civil engineers measure water reservoirs in Acre-Feet.

A personal favorite of my own production is the volume cubicliter. :)

A related measure is the squareliter... which is the area that a liter
of milk spilled on a kitchen floor covers.

Cheers,
Magnus

Many of these wierd units make perfect sense to those working in that field every day. The acre-feet for example. It is only necessary to figure the area of a pond once and then a simple ruler will tell you how much water is in it and if you need to start rationing water use. -John =============== > J. Forster wrote: >> Civil engineers measure water reservoirs in Acre-Feet. > > A personal favorite of my own production is the volume cubicliter. :) > > A related measure is the squareliter... which is the area that a liter > of milk spilled on a kitchen floor covers. > > Cheers, > Magnus > >

PK

Poul-Henning Kamp

Thu, Aug 20, 2009 8:16 PM

In message 1746.12.6.201.247.1250792817.squirrel@popacctsnew.quik.com, "J. Fo
rster" writes:

The acre-feet for example. It is only necessary to figure the area of a
pond once and then a simple ruler will tell you how much water is in it
and if you need to start rationing water use.

The most amazing unit I have hit was the "Sverdrup", used for measuring
sea-currents. I belive it is km^3/s.

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In message <1746.12.6.201.247.1250792817.squirrel@popacctsnew.quik.com>, "J. Fo rster" writes: >The acre-feet for example. It is only necessary to figure the area of a >pond once and then a simple ruler will tell you how much water is in it >and if you need to start rationing water use. The most amazing unit I have hit was the "Sverdrup", used for measuring sea-currents. I belive it is km^3/s. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.

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bg@lysator.liu.se

Thu, Aug 20, 2009 8:18 PM

sqrt([foot][m])...

I have seen a standard deviation expressed in foot-meter.

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 Björn

Civil engineers measure water reservoirs in Acre-Feet.

-John

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sqrt([foot][m])... > I have seen a standard deviation expressed in foot-meter. > > -- > > Björn > >> Civil engineers measure water reservoirs in Acre-Feet. >> >> -John >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. >

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Magnus Danielson

Thu, Aug 20, 2009 8:51 PM

bg@lysator.liu.se wrote:

sqrt([foot][m])...

And the point of that is?

Cheers,
Magnus - concluded that the fuse has blown...

I have seen a standard deviation expressed in foot-meter.

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 Björn

Civil engineers measure water reservoirs in Acre-Feet.

-John

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bg@lysator.liu.se wrote: > sqrt([foot][m])... And the point of that is? Cheers, Magnus - concluded that the fuse has blown... >> I have seen a standard deviation expressed in foot-meter. >> >> -- >> >> Björn >> >>> Civil engineers measure water reservoirs in Acre-Feet. >>> >>> -John >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com >> To unsubscribe, go to >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there.

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