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Re: maths - OT (was: How long is a Chain?)

Subject: Re: maths - OT (was: How long is a Chain?)
From: jim@sprockets.co.uk (Jim Guthrie)
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 15:26:22 GMT
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On Wed, 15 Dec 1999 10:53:45 +0800, Kim Hazelgrove
<azltech@opera.iinet.net.au> wrote:

>We also had to learn and convert all those other bases as
>weel- you know : 16oz =1 pd;  14pd=1 st; 108pd=1cwt etc. Yes I did Yr12, but it was
>the first year of metric.

Eh,, shouldn't that be 112lb = 1cwt :-)

Jim.
-- 
Jim Guthrie
Progressing (maybe) in S7 at www.netcomuk.co.uk/~sprocket/index.html

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- How long is a Chain?
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