[Hallicrafters] Cubit

[Al Parker]

Yah, Fred's got it right (at least if you don't go to 7 significant
digits).  Don't know what Rich was using.
    My favorite unit of measure (speed) always used to be "furlongs per
fortnight"
g'nite now,
Al, W8UT

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred Olsen" <fwolsen at execpc.com>
To: <Rich.Oliver at lowell.edu>
Cc: <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, May 24, 2004 6:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] Cubit


> Rich Oliver wrote:
> > one League = 1019.599 Cubits
> > one Furlong = 36.91699 Cubits
> > one Fathom = 0.335609 Cubits
>
> Huh?  First, are you working in Biblical cubits?  Greek?  Israeli?
> Roman?  And the last time I checked (yeah, as if!) a league was 10560
> Biblical cubits, a (surveyors') furlong was 440, and a fathom was 4.
>
> Fred
> -- 
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