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I've posted a bunch of numerical converters such as lengths, weighs, areas,
volumes (& liquid measures), even Roman numerals that you might find useful in HVAC, home repair, and so on. They're at www.jeffsutilities.com. Have fun. |
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Obscure Engineering Conversion Factors
1. Ratio of an igloo's circumference to its diameter = Eskimo Pi 2. 2000 pounds of Chinese Soup = Won ton 3. 1 millionth of a mouthwash = 1 microscope 4. Time between slipping on a peel and smacking the pavement =1 bananosecond 5. Weight an evangelist carries with God = 1 billigram 6. Time it takes to sail 220 yards at 1 nautical mile per hour = Knotfurlong 7. 365.25 days of drinking low calorie beer = 1 Lite year 8. 16.5 feet in the Twilight Zone = 1 Rod Serling 9. Half a large intestine = 1 semicolon 10. 1,000,000 aches = 1 megahurtz 11. Basic unit of laryngitis - 1 hoarsepower 12. Shortest distance between two jokes - a straight line 13. 453.6 graham crackers = 1 pound cake 14. 1 million microphones = 1 megaphone 15. 1 million bicycles = 1 megacycle 16. 365 bicycles = 1 unicycle 17. 2000 mockingbirds = two kilomockingbirds 18. 10 cards = 1 decacard 19. 52 cards = 1 deckacard 20. 1 kilogram of falling figs = 1 Fig Newton 21. 1000 cc of wet socks = 1 literhosen 22. 1 millionth of a fish = 1 microfiche 23. 1 trillion pins = 1 terrapin 24. 10 rations = 1 decaration 25. 100 rations = 1 C-Ration 26. 2 monograms = 1 diagram 27. 8 nickels = 2 paradigms 28. 5 statute miles of intravenous surgical tubing at Yale University Hospital = 1 I.V. League 29. Inquisitive electrician's apprentice = Mega-what? 30. Over inquisitive electrician's apprentice = Giga-what? -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "Jeff" wrote in message ... I've posted a bunch of numerical converters such as lengths, weighs, areas, volumes (& liquid measures), even Roman numerals that you might find useful in HVAC, home repair, and so on. They're at www.jeffsutilities.com. Have fun. |
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Jeff wrote in
: I've posted a bunch of numerical converters such as lengths, weighs, areas, volumes (& liquid measures), even Roman numerals that you might find useful in HVAC, home repair, and so on. They're at www.jeffsutilities.com. Have fun. At the Google search bar you can type in any conversion you want using "to" in between. Calculations too. 615 to roman 615 = DCXV 41000 sq ft to acres 41 000 (sq feet) = 0.941230487 acres sqrt 3 sqrt(3) = 1.73205081 sqrt 3 * pi sqrt(3) * pi = 5.44139809 2 pounds to dollars 2 British pounds sterling = 3.0818 US dollars 7 pounds to kg 7 pounds = 3.17514659 kilograms 20 dollars to euros 20 US dollars = 14.6724 euros |
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