Re: Steepest train/tram line

[krel4203@netconnect.com.au (Krel )]

On 6 Dec 1998 17:44:38 GMT, markbau1@aol.comQQQQyuk (MarkBau1) wrote:

>Apart from Australia and that little island off France are there any other
>countries that still use the 1 in XX instead if the % system?
>
On a similar subject - Is there anywhere apart from North America that
measures curves by degrees instead of distance for sharpness. I don't
understand how a right angle curve could be described as a 2 degree
curve :-).

Surely radius, in yards, metres, chains, feet, anything makes more
sense.

Cheers

Krel

>Mark.
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Just another eccentric crank.