Two gallons to a peck, four pecks in a bushel.

There are 16.5 feet in a rod, 4 rods in a chain, 10 chains in a furlong, 8
furlongs in a mile, 3 miles in a league.

An acre is 1 chain by 10 chains, or 22 yards by 220 yards, 640 acres is 1
square mile.

At 60 mph you are going 1 mile per minute.  It all fits together very
neatly.

On 1/30/06, Stephen Overmyer <S.OVERMYER@uws.edu.au> wrote:
>
>
>
> Date:    Tue, 31 Jan 2006 16:25:49 +1300
> From:    Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
> Subject: Re: Metric this, metric that
>
> Exactly.
>
> And every metric unit is a multiple of 10, 100 or 1000. Compare:
>
> 1mi - ?yd
> 1 mi - ?ft
> 1yd - 3ft
> 1ft - 12in
>
> Volume? Area?
>
> How about cubits, chains, furlongs, pecks?
> --
>
>
> ....and how about the rod or perch ? (I sometimes see it on old land or
> property surveys)
>
> 1 rod or perch = 5 1/2 feet from memory...I mean, WTF is that all
> about...:-)
> The peck I am unfamiliar with...can you enlighten me?
>
> Cheers,
> Steve O
> NSW Australia
>

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