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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
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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?



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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
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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.


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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