metric rule

[MagicCycles]

Well, actually, you did: it's 1609.344 metres in a standard imperial mile since the definition of the inch was changed to make it metric in 1959.

One inch is defined as exactly 25.4 mm, x 12 inches in a foot x 3 feet in a yard x 22 yards in a chain x 10 chains in a furlong x 8 furlongs in a mile comes to 1609344.

I thought a mile was 5280 ft. respectfully….

[Mark Kelly]

I thought a mile was 5280 ft. respectfully….

I thought it was patent that 3 x 22 x 10 x 8 = 5280. I included the derivation for amusement.

Furlongs.

Historically standards like this have been adapted to make the measure fit something that already existed, in this case the Roman mile.

A favourite example is the tonne which is the mass of a full 900 litre wine barrel (pl tonneaux) which is why it's almost the same in English and metric units. In English they tweaked it up to fit an even number of stones, in metric they tweaked it down to fit an even number of litres of water.

[11.4]

Yeah. It was the effin' Euros that stuck us with the mile originally. And now they bitch that we aren't switching to their newest measurement du jour?

I'm all for measuring frames in thumbs.

I thought it was patent that 3 x 22 x 10 x 8 = 5280. I included the derivation for amusement.

Furlongs.

Historically standards like this have been adapted to make the measure fit something that already existed, in this case the Roman mile.

A favourite example is the tonne which is the mass of a full 900 litre wine barrel (pl tonneaux) which is why it's almost the same in English and metric units. In English they tweaked it up to fit an even number of stones, in metric they tweaked it down to fit an even number of litres of water.

[11.4]

As long as they're not called Battenburg or Windsor, I'm fine with "ruler".

Ooohhhhh. Pretty esoteric for this crowd. Hahahahaha.

Aren't those Mexican track frames anyway?