Re: How long is a Chain?

[G.Lambert@unsw.edu.au (Geoff Lambert)]

Jack Russell <jackrussell@compuserve.com> wrote:

>As a kid I remember that the great work of literature "The Eagle" always expressed
>everything in terms of London Buses or Nelsons column. i.e. The QE2 was 27 london
>buses long and three Nelsons columns high. I always feel it a shame this did not
>become the standard form of measurement rather than boring old metres etc.

In Australia, large volumes of water have alway been expressed in
"Sydarbs", the volume of water in Sydney Harbour.  This volume is not
very large, thus a big dam like the Pedder Dam in Tasmania can boast
that it has a volume of 27 Sydarbs.

Geoff Lambert.