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Re: 43,560 sq.' = 1 stt. acre
Posted By: Eli In Response To: Re:
43,560 sq.' = 1 stt. acre (Han Maenen)
Date: Tuesday, 15 June
2004, at 10:38 a.m.
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To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, 2004-06-15 15:30
Subject: [USMA:30143] Re: Answer to -/m
Baycolony
> metre.
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> Han
>
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> Citeren "m. f. moon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> >
> > In my ignorance, can some one tell me what "-/m" means?
> > Thanks,
> > Marion Moon
> >
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > My posting on http://www.metricsucks.com on the use of the aquare foot and
> > square metre by realtors.
> >
> > The claim that the square foot is used by realtors all over the world is
> > false.
> > In mainland Europe the square metre and the hectare are used for measuring
> > and
> >
> > selling property and the same is valid for all countries that have been
> > using the metric system for some generations.
> >
> > The square metre is unusable.... what poppycock.
> >
> > This gobbledygook is totally beyond me. What does that 1.333... nonsense
> > mean?
> >
> > > 1.3333333 sq. -/m does not equal 1 -/a
> > > 1.3333333 sq. -/m does not equal 1 da/a
> > > 1.3333333 sq. -/m does not equal 1 h/a
> > > 1.3333333 sq. -/m does not equal 1 k/a
> > etc.
> >
> > And why this stupid -/m stuff. THIS IS TOTALLY FALSE. THE SYMBOL FOR METRE
> > IS a lower case m without a period.
> >
> > BTW: NERE W&M have been dead since 1840. Then the Napoleonic system of
> > weights
> >
> > and measures, established in 1812 and using old Paris units and metric
> > standards was replaced by the metric system proper in France.
> > NERE W&M are dead, but since 1893 we have NEARE
> > Napoleon Emperor's Republic of America Weights and Measures, otherwise
> > called
> >
> > United States Customary Units, based on Old-English units and metric
> > standards.
> > Yes, Napoleons weights and measures are alive and kicking in the USA!!!!!!
> >
> > Han Maenen, from the metric Netherlands
> > Up Metric!
> >
> >
> >
> > > Tony,
> >
> > > Regarding your bullet-in-board of June 13th
> > > @ 12.46 a.m. quoting the United Kingdom of
> > > Ulster & Grand Breton 'Estates Gazette'
> > > of May 15th.
> >
> > > "In real estate and building rentals at
> > > least, the sq. -/m is going the way of the
> > > stt.po. of 16 1/2' that older readers will
> > > remember from the back of school books.
> > > Folks simply do not talk in square metre'.
> > > They talk in square feet. Realtors do it.
> > > Owners and renters do it. Even qualified
> > > investment managers do so. So let's talk,
> > > and write, in sq.'."
> >
> > > Tony, realtors do not use the sq. -/m in the
> > > U.K. for exactly the same reason that
> > > realtors throughout the world do not use the
> > > sq. -/m. The sq. -/m is unusable.
> >
> > > All realtors, in all countries of the world,
> > > use the square foot, or something based on
> > > the square foot.
> >
> > > Most Napoleon Emperor's Republic of Europe
> > > Weights & Measures are difficult, but
> > > not impossible, to use. But the sq. -/m is
> > > just impossible to use in superficial
> > > measure.
> >
> > * incredible nonsense
> >
> > > The nere scheme descended into gobbledygook
> > > when it supposedly created its' NERE
> > > Superficial Measure. If you look at it you
> > > can see that it doesn't measure anything.
> >
> > > 43,560 sq.' = 4840 sq.yd.
> > > 43,560 sq.' = 1210 sq.fth.
> > > 43,560 sq.' = 160 stt.sq.po.
> > > 43,560 sq.' = 16 stt. pennylands
> > > 43,560 sq.' = 10 stt.sq.ch.
> > > 43,560 sq.' = 4 stt. roods
> > > 43,560 sq.' = 1 stt. acre
> >
> > > 348,480 sq.' = 38,720 sq.yd.
> > > 348,480 sq.' = 9680 sq.fth.
> > > 348,480 sq.' = 1280 stt.sq.po.
> > > 348,480 sq.' = 128 stt. pennylands
> > > 348,480 sq.' = 80 stt.sq.ch.
> > > 348,480 sq.' = 32 stt. roods
> > > 348,480 sq.' = 8 stt. acres
> > > 348,480 sq.' = 1 stt.ml. (superficial)
> >
> >
> > > 13.333333 sq. -/m does not equal 1 -/a
> > > 13.333333 sq. -/m does not equal 1 da/a
> > > 13.333333 sq. -/m does not equal 1 h/a
> > > 13.333333 sq. -/m does not equal 1 k/a
> >
> > > 133.33333 sq. -/m does not equal 1 -/a
> > > 133.33333 sq. -/m does not equal 1 da/a
> > > 133.33333 sq. -/m does not equal 1 h/a
> > > 133.33333 sq. -/m does not equal 1 k/a
> >
> > > 1333.3333 sq. -/m does not equal 1 -/a
> > > 1333.3333 sq. -/m does not equal 1 da/a
> > > 1333.3333 sq. -/m does not equal 1 h/a
> > > 1333.3333 sq. -/m does not equal 1 k/a
> >
> > > Info @
> >
> > > http://www.weights-and-measures.com
> >
> > > And topics:
> >
> > > Common Superficial Measure
> > > Napoleon Emperor's Republic of Europe
> > > Decadent Superficial Measure
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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