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Re: Metric Time (was Re: Why not 13 months? (Was La Systeme Metrique))
Whittet (Whittet@shore.net)
11 Oct 1995 03:03:51 GMT
In article <45e914$sqo@ae-sun01.alden.com>, sgr@ae-sun01.alden.com says...
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>In article <45c37c$3kv@rdsunx.crd.ge.com>,
>Christopher R. Volpe <volpe@ausable.crd.ge.com> wrote:
>>In article <45bvu4$b39@shore.shore.net>, Whittet@shore.net (Whittet) writes:
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>[snip]
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>>>Not at all. Miles are usually used in measuring the earth. There
>>>are 365240 feet in a degree of latitude at the eguator. Thus the
>>>foot serves to relate time to space which is a very useful function.
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>>This is silly. The foot doesn't "serve" to relate anything that can't be
>>related with a meter. And where are you getting "time" from in the above
>>statement?
number of days in a millenium = 365.24 x 1000 = 365240
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>Not only that, it's not even close to the right number.
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>A degree of latitude at the equater is roughly 60 nautical miles,
>or about 69 statute miles, which is well more than 365240 feet.
24902.72727 miles circumference /360 = 69.17424241667 miles in a degree
69.17424241667 x 5280 = 365240 feet
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>(And, yes, it's silly.)
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>Cheers,
>Stan.
Steve
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