I believe it's 22 x 220 yds.
As you approach the UK from the air you can see land carved up into multiple
of acres - I guess from older times when it was linked to how much you could
plough in a day!
From: "Michael Payne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: [USMA:39155] RE: Pure SI for area in UK?
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 00:57:46 +0000
I've found that most people have no idea what an acre is either. Turns out
it's an area for which no one has any idea of the size.
Mike Payne
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Subject: [USMA:39155] RE: Pure SI for area in UK?
I don't think that many people will know what a hectare is in the UK as
output usually talks of acres. Similarly estate agents talk about area in
terms of acres although I have seen bracketed ha quoted after sometimes to
a ridiculous acuracy (as if someone got the calculator out). This BBC
page is odd that it uses only ha (they usually quote the two systems)
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Subject: [USMA:39149] Pure SI for area in UK?
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 01:54:58 +0000
I noticed in this BBC News science article that only the hectare is used
for area.
It looks like non-SI units for area are either a vanishing breed or gone
altogether:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6909249.stm
Perhaps UK readers can confirm.
Ezra
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