I often wonder how Concorde ever flew as it was a collaboration between the UK and France engineering with a mixture of imperial and metric but it was a great lesion to us all what could be achieved with a bit of co-operation.
Still miss it after all these years. Brian Pixham -----Original Message----- From: Johan Helsingius [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 22 June 2012 11:27 To: mogtalk2 Subject: Re: [mogtalk2] Diff Temp Also seems the latest theory of why the good ship Vasa sank on it's maiden voyage in 1628 was that the carpenters measured in feet - unfortunately the Dutch foot, used by the Dutch carpenters on one side of the ship didn't match the Swedish foot used by the locals on the other side... Julf ------------------------------------------- View posts on The Mail Archive http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ [http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/] Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=22459785&id_secret=22459785-4a39ddf8 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
