At 12:06 PM 4/16/98 -0700, Mary Ellin D'Agostino responsed to Ned Heite's post:
>At 07:36 AM 4/16/98 -0500, Ned Heite wrote:
>>If you want to find the actual meanings of arcane measurements, it's there.
>>It will convert Gunter Chains to feet, but I did not check to see if it
>>will convert cubits to furlongs.
>
>Yes, but which cubit, and which furnlong?  Arcane measurments are notorious
>for varying by locale and through time....
>
>Mary Ellin D'Agostino
 
Well, Mary Ellin's suspicions are confirmed!  If you visit the WWW site,
you'll find that "Cubits" are converted only into US-English inches and that
only 11 variations of the Cubit are given (Egypt 2650 BC, Babylon 1500 BC,
Assyrian 700 BC, Jerusalem 1 AD, Druid-Eng. 1 AD, "Black," Arabia 800 AD,
"Mexico-Aztec," "Ancient China," "Ancient Greece," England, and "Nortern
3000 BC to 1800 AD.")  And when it comes to Furlongs, all conversions are
given as if there is only ONE STANDARD furlong -- Its equivalence in
Centimeters, Chains(Gunters), Chains (Ramdens), Feet, Meters, Miles (Naut.
Int'l), Miles (Statute), Rods, and Yards.
 
So, it probably is not worth visiting this web site --;) --;) --;)
 
BYE--FJK