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Re: Technology and historical continuity...



On Fri, Jan 31, 2003 at 11:49:08PM +1100, Sam Couter wrote:
> Martin F Krafft <krafft@ifi.unizh.ch> wrote:
> > The US standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet,
> > 8.5 inches. That's an exceedingly odd number.
> 
> Feet and inches are exceeding odd units of measurement.

143.51cm isn't much better is it?  It just looks less messy I guess.
Works better for my head too.

Len Sorensen



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