Measurements. WAS Re: G7 up to 160 km/h

[John Duncan McCallum <mccallum@melbpc.org.au>]

bf0017@hotmail.com wrote:
> 
> Typo   --  schmypo!!!
> 
> AFAIK, when measuring time a single apostrophe means hours, a double
> apostrophe means minutes and a triple apostrophe means seconds.
> 
> When measuring distance, a single apostrophe means feet and a double
> apostrohe means inches.
> 
> When measuring angles, the below posting is correct.
> 
> Brett

When I started work, A single Apostrophe meant Minutes and quotes meant
seconds.
Therefore 6' 6" meant 6 minutes and 6 seconds. This applied in time as
well as
lat and long measurements.
It also meant 6 feet 6 inches btw.

John McCallum