On Thu, 16 May 2002 18:46:16 +0200 Christian Mayer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Christian said: >> > (Note: degrees are still valid as they are >>*internationally* well known. >> > slugs aren't) Alex responded: >> Yes they are ... each country's definition depends on >>local climate and fauna, >> ranging from one gram, through one ounce to as high as >>one pound. I don't >> know of a slug being one kilogram but wouldn't be >>especially surprised. Christian replied, obliviously: >If you go back to the middle ages: that's true. And it >was even worse as >each town had its own measurements (and sometimes names; >feet is one of >the more common ones). Jon replies: would it help to say that a one kilogram slug with salt sprinkled on it and allowed to sit in the sunlight for a day will be considerably less than one kilogram at the end of that day. _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
