Ezra:
I think you must be thinking of tesseracts (regular octochorons for those of
you who might not know). =[{;o)>
Bill
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Bill Potts
Roseville, CA
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Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2008 15:58
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:41098] RE: Square hectares
Hmmm, so, like in hyperspace, right? ;-)
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: James Frysinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Well, a hectare is 100 square meters. So 200 square hectares would
> then be 20 000 square square meters.
>
> Jim
>
> Martin Vlietstra wrote:
> > Is the term "square hectare" really redundant? Surely a piece of
> > land that is 100 m by 100 m can be descried as a "square hectare"?
> > After all, it is a square.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> > Behalf Of James Frysinger
> > Sent: 14 June 2008 16:27
> > To: U.S. Metric Association
> > Subject: [USMA:41089] Square hectares
> >
> > The June 06 issue of Science contains a fascinating series of
> > articles written by Andrew Lawler on the Indus people. I spotted a
> > glitch in the first one that stimulated the following note to the
> > author, with copy to the editors at Science.
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > Dear Mr. Lawler,
> >
> > I am reading your fascinating article, "Boring no More", on the
> > Indus people and I have just come across a jarring phrase. You speak
> > of the Mohenjo Daro covering "at least 200 square hectares". "Square
hectares"
> > is redundant, as would be "cubic liters". The former is a unit of
> > area and the latter a unit of volume.
> >
> > Certainly this must have been just a "slip of the pen". I am rather
> > amazed that a technical editor at Science did not catch this error.
> >
> > Otherwise, thank you very much for your fascinating articles in this
> > series. I look forward to learning more about these ancient people
> > and their civilization as I read your articles.
> >
>
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