An acre is 43,560 Sq. Ft. It is evenly divisible by 9 to convert to sq. yards, and also in square rods, a surveyer's unit.
Oh, BTW, a slug is a unit of Mass, not Force. It is the mass that, when subjected to a 1 lb. force will accelerate at 1 ft/sec/sec. -John ============= > Sheez - I'm so glad we have metric!! > > Can I ask you US dudes a question? > > Do you know, without looking it up, what an acre is? > > It's such a commonly used term for measuring large areas, but I bet > most don't know what it actually is. I only know because of Pink > Floyd. > > We use a hectare which is 100mx100m. Very easy to visualise, work with > and convert. > > Jim Palfreyman > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
