Where do you suppose I found octochoron? Bill
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2008 17:09 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:41100] RE: Square hectares Interesting article about tesseracts: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesseract So, these can be meausred in square hectares? Ezra -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Bill Potts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Ezra: > > I think you must be thinking of tesseracts (regular octochorons for > those of you who might not know). =[{;o)> > > Bill > ________________________________ > Bill Potts > Roseville, CA > http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2008 15:58 > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:41098] RE: Square hectares > > Hmmm, so, like in hyperspace, right? ;-) > > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > From: James Frysinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Well, a hectare is 100 square meters. So 200 square hectares would > > then be 20 000 square square meters. > > > > Jim > > > > Martin Vlietstra wrote: > > > Is the term "square hectare" really redundant? Surely a piece of > > > land that is 100 m by 100 m can be descried as a "square hectare"? > > > After all, it is a square. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > On Behalf Of James Frysinger > > > Sent: 14 June 2008 16:27 > > > To: U.S. Metric Association > > > Subject: [USMA:41089] Square hectares > > > > > > The June 06 issue of Science contains a fascinating series of > > > articles written by Andrew Lawler on the Indus people. I spotted a > > > glitch in the first one that stimulated the following note to the > > > author, with copy to the editors at Science. > > > > > > Jim > > > > > > Dear Mr. Lawler, > > > > > > I am reading your fascinating article, "Boring no More", on the > > > Indus people and I have just come across a jarring phrase. You > > > speak of the Mohenjo Daro covering "at least 200 square hectares". > > > "Square > hectares" > > > is redundant, as would be "cubic liters". The former is a unit of > > > area and the latter a unit of volume. > > > > > > Certainly this must have been just a "slip of the pen". I am > > > rather amazed that a technical editor at Science did not catch this error. > > > > > > Otherwise, thank you very much for your fascinating articles in > > > this series. I look forward to learning more about these ancient > > > people and their civilization as I read your articles. > > > > > > > -- > > James R. Frysinger > > 632 Stony Point Mountain Road > > Doyle, TN 38559-3030 > > > > (H) 931.657.3107 > > (C) 931.212.0267 > > >
