When I got my master's degree my minor was in radio astronomy. We were observing the decameter and decimeter wavelength radio emissions from the planet Jupiter. Those terms appeared regularly in the papers we, our research group not the royal we, submitted at scientific meetings.
Regards. Max. K 4 O D S. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Transistor site http://www.funwithtransistors.net Vacuum tube site: http://www.funwithtubes.net Music site: http://www.maxsmusicplace.com To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jewel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 6:04 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] This table provides some quick conversions for common US and metric measurements. > Dan! chains and furlongs were in "the history of metric measurement" but > I would have liked to see > things like: rods, bushels, pecks, ells etc etc. I could have filed them > in my library of > completely useless information. > I have never heard anyone use the group measures of decimetre and > decametre. > Jewel > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dan Rossi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 4:05 AM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] This table provides some quick conversions > for common US and metric > measurements. > > > Ray, > > But you left out all the fun units of measurement. Like, chains, rods, > and furlongs. > > 66 feet to the chain, > 16.5 feet to the rod > 10 chains to the furlong. *GRIN* > > Lets not even talk about drams and dynes. *GRIN* > > At least in my engineering studies here in the U.S. the Centimeter was > used quite a bit. > > -- > Blue skies. > Dan Rossi > Carnegie Mellon University. > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Tel: (412) 268-9081 > > ------------------------------------ > > Send any questions regarding list management to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_posit > ion=47:29 > Or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various > List Members At The > Following address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ > > Visit the archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following > address for more > information: > http://www.jaws-users.com/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > list just send a blank > message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Groups Links > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Send any questions regarding list management to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 > Or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various > List Members At The Following address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ > > Visit the archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following > address for more information: > http://www.jaws-users.com/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > list just send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Groups Links > > > > >
