And, more importantly, researchers 100 years from now who, by then, will
have gone through about two generations of the universal use of metrics,
will understand it too.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel H. Weiskotten" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 8:10 PM
Subject: Re: Measurements


> That's why you would say it:
>
> "a three chain road (49.5 feet, 60.35 meters) 640 acre section (259
> hectares) with 1 mile (1.61 km) frontage to roads."
>
> That way we all understand it and nothing is lost.
>
>          Dan W.
>
>
>
> At 09:49 AM 9/10/2003 +1000, you wrote:
> >I am another for measuring in the original units. Even at the broader
> >scale, when colonial regulations demanded road widths and sections
> >surveyed to a standard, the following make no sense in metric
> >
> >60.3504 metre Road
> >258.998811 hectare Section
> >1.609344 km frontage;
> >
> >which were set out as the three chain road (width of reserve), 640 acre
> >section with 1 mile frontage to roads.
> >
> >Gary Vines
>