For doing our work on Russian American sites in Alaska, we are often faced with the impossible Russian system where a sazhen length depends on if your measuring on land or sea. A must-have web site is: www.convert-me.com There are volume, distance, capacity, area, speed, &c. All you have to do is put in your metric measurement and hit convert, then look page down to the form you want, or vice versa. It's GREAT!!! Sometimes, I like to just play with weird measurements. Enjoy. Margan Grover -----Original Message----- From: Michael Pfeiffer [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 7:55 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Measuring (was: measuring 1937 Ford V/8-60's) Fo a good discussion of Measurement in the Spanish California Period and the smaller units of the Vara, go to the California Mission Studies Asociation web pages in the Articles section entitled "Weights and Measurmnents in the California Mission Period, Linear Measiurments Part I" by Kenneth Pauley. http://www.ca-missions.org/pauley.html Smoke Smoke (Michael A.) Pfeiffer, RPA Ozark-St. Francis National Forests 605 West Main Street Russellville, Arkansas 72801 (479) 968-2354 Ext. 233 e-mail: [log in to unmask] It is easier to get forgiveness than permission.