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Re: How long is a chain?

Subject: Re: How long is a chain?
From: dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage)
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 00:36:41 GMT
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Geoff Lambert (G.Lambert@unsw.edu.au) wrote:
> On Sat, 19 Aug 2000 08:04:47 +1000, "Chris Downs"
> <cvdowns@ozemail.com.au> wrote:

> >A yard would have to be travelling at a speed approaching the speed of light
> >before it would be longer than a metre.  I'll put my money on 1 chain = 22
> >yards = 20.1m.

> No, no... the Fitzgerald effect is a contraction. If a metre were
> travelling at about 122 million metres per second it would be the same
> length as a yard at rest.

And at that speed an Olympic pie would have reduced in size to something
affordable on the average wage.

Cheers
David

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- How long is a chain?
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- Re: How long is a chain?
  - From: G.Lambert@unsw.edu.au (Geoff Lambert)

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