Han Maenen & all:
It may be of interest to 'histriographers' that contemporary civilisation of
the Indus period, excavated by Daya Ram Sawhney & Sir Mortimer Wheeler
described their length units as INDUS INCH, which I linked with the length
unit - METRE.
The 'possible astronomical site' then called Great Bath at Mohenjo-Daro was
built to geometrical expertise with dimensions: Lenth of the bath was to be
TWICE the broader side with height 8 feet and broader side 23 feet. Thus, it
was 23'x46'x8', which works to *closer to exactness* as 7m x14m x2.44m some
5000 years ago. The height made an angle of pi/18 between BASE diagonal and
SKEW diagonal, which can be confirmed from log tables.
Was this NOT THEREFORE an astronomical site contemporay with Stonehenge, I
argued. Refer my contribution in Sir Mortimer Wheeler Commemoration Volume
(1984) where I link the METRE in use with the flourishing time of Indus
Culture, along with their TIME units into 10/20 h x100m x100s to the day
division.
Regards
Brij Bhushan Vij
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From: "Han Maenen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Subject: [USMA:36639] Swimmingpool 1902
Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2006 12:36:02 +0200
Sometimes I find interesting things while working in the Nijmegen Archive.
In 1902 a swimming pool was build in Nijmegen measuring 30.5 m by 11.8 m.
Today all swimming pools are built to metric standards. The measurements of
that pool built in 1902 are almost certainly converted from foot/yard: 100
feet by 12 yards!
Speed skating, today metric only, used yards and miles in that period as
well.
These are examples of the stumbling blocks to world metrication if the
superpower of the time - then the British Empire - does not take part in
it.
Han
