[USMA:27294] RE: Interesting fact from the archives

[CarletonM]

In a message dated 2003-10-26 01:29:45 Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Dear Bill, Brij, and All, My inclination, when I (rarely) do a back conversion to old measures, is not to use decimal fractions. Old measures developed and favored fractions other than decimals. In the example shown here, I would suggest firstly that an acre is a furlong (220 yards) long by 4 rods wide (22 yards); this gives an area of 4840 square yards. If an area of 4840 square yards was in the shape of a square it would have sides of (approximately): 69 yards 1 foot 8 and 67/128 inches An excellent practice; it makes FFU look even stranger and more confusing than it already is.   cm