Jim, sir:
>.....> 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.I shall be glad to have the URL for this article, sir.
I have done some interpretations of the Great Bath, that I call as an anxcient
obsevatory on processing its dimentions and structural built up that lies
burried in ancient Indian History!
Please see my contribution in Sir Mortimer Wheeler's Commemoration (1984) at:
http://www.brijvij.com/indusEvidence.doc and
http://www.brijvij.com/bbv_Ind-stps.aZtec_brCal-links.pdf
Regards,
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[USMA:41095] RE: Square hectares> > 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.> > > > -- > James R. Frysinger> 632 Stony Point Mountain
Road> Doyle, TN 38559-3030> > (H) 931.657.3107> (C) 931.212.0267>
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