Pat, USMA members sirs: Apart from list of several *INCH* measures, naming of an Indus Measure given by Sir Mortimer Wheeler (1921-22) was possibly to distract and keep the wedge between 'Imperial and Metric' system of Units. The measure, Indus Inch was kept/labled at: "fourth root of 3" and equalled 3.343 cm [or was it 33.53 mm?].
I processed this measure, kept in Indian National Museum, New Delhi, which was reported as: linking with TWICE THE METRE LENGTH, via Indus Kilometre presumed to have followed down through 'ancient indians' as KOS of 2000m distance. I have shown the dimensions of structure of Great Bath to have been built - to mathematical precision of *RIGHT-TRIANGLE* i.e. the Pythagoros theorem! Please see: http://www.brijvij.com/indusEvidence.doc This view, was published through Archaeological Survey of India, New Delhi in Commemoration Volume of Sir Mortimer Wheeler (1984) as Document # 16. In my recent exposition, I imagined that Harappan Calendar of "Lothal fame" that has 29 1/2 markings, which I linked to as: Harappan Lunar-Tithi Calendar rather than a 'solar day' calendar of ancients. Please see: http://www.brijvij.com/bbv_Lnr-Tithi_HarrCal..pdf and http://www.brijvij.com/bb-calcs_IAU-luniSlroptions.pdf. Regards, Brij Bhushan Vij (MJD 55308)/1726+D-123W17-04 (G. Thurday, 2010 April 22H13:63 (decimal) EST Aa Nau Bhadra Kritvo Yantu Vishwatah -Rg Veda Jan:31; Feb:29; Mar:31; Apr:30; May:31; Jun:30 Jul:30; Aug:31; Sep:30; Oct:31; Nov:30; Dec:30 (365th day of Year is World Day) ******As per Kali V-GRhymeCalendaar***** "Koi bhi cheshtha vayarth nahin hoti, purshaarth karne mein hai" Author had NO interaction with The World Calendar Association except via Media & Organisations to who I contributed for A Possible World Calendar, since 1971. My Profile:http://www.brijvij.com/bbv_2col-vipBrief.pdf HOME PAGE: http://www.brijvij.com/ Contact # 001 (201) 675-8548 From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [USMA:47229] Re: Statute miles – both of them Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 09:59:49 +1000 Dear John, Thanks for that; I like your argument. I will use it in future when it comes to question time at my metrication presentations. When someone uses an inch in a question such as, 'Isn't a horse measured in inches?, I reply, Which inches do you mean – do you mean the Imperial inch 0f 1824, the pendulum inch of 1834 when the UK Parliament burned down, the other Imperial inch of 1845, or the international (English speaking) inch of 1959? And now I can add, 'Or do you mean an inch associated with one or other of the various statute miles?' Cheers and thanks, Pat Naughtin Author of the ebook, Metrication Leaders Guide, that you can obtain from http://metricationmatters.com/MetricationLeadersGuideInfo.html PO Box 305 Belmont 3216, Geelong, Australia Phone: 61 3 5241 2008 Metric system consultant, writer, and speaker, Pat Naughtin, has helped thousands of people and hundreds of companies upgrade to the modern metric system smoothly, quickly, and so economically that they now save thousands each year when buying, processing, or selling for their businesses. Pat provides services and resources for many different trades, crafts, and professions for commercial, industrial and government metrication leaders in Asia, Europe, and in the USA. Pat's clients include the Australian Government, Google, NASA, NIST, and the metric associations of Canada, the UK, and the USA. See http://www.metricationmatters.com for more metrication information, contact Pat at [email protected] or to get the free 'Metrication matters' newsletter go to: http://www.metricationmatters.com/newsletter to subscribe. On 2010/04/22, at 08:45 , John M. Steele wrote: I would challenge that the "statute mile" is not the Survey Mile but is "undefined" in the United States, as a result of having two definitions. For all map and land measurement work based on old NAD27 datum, it was clearly the survey mile. The original intent was that all geodetic work for the new NAD83 datum (essentially equivalent to WGS84, the world GPS datum) would be released in meters only, and it was initially. The States balked, and they were given a choice of having supplemental data in International or Survey feet, but the Legislature had to pass a law defining their choice. As the issue is apparently a bit of embarassment, I can't find a good summary anywhere, you basically have to search for the definition of each State's State Plane Coordinate System. However some have chosen Survey, some International, and some use the meter for SPCS (God knows what they use for miles on their road signs). I happen to live in an International Mile State. In reality the difference is minute and rarely matters, but it takes Customary forces aback when you argue the words "statute mile" mean nothing because they mean two things. When you force them to research it, they see it is true. The difference is only 2 ppm and that is less than the accuracy in routine surveying. However, most States have multiple zones to their SPCS and use large false origin values to ensure coordinates in different zones don't overlap and essentially encode the zone numbers. These false origins values are usually whole multiples of 1 million feet in northing and/or easting, so 2 feet per million matters. From: Pat Naughtin <[email protected]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, April 21, 2010 6:04:26 PM Subject: [USMA:47225] Statute miles – both of them Dear All, Statute miles – both of them The term "statute mile" originated with Queen Elizabeth I who changed the definition of the mile from the Roman mile of 5000 feet to the statute mile (UK) of 5280 feet. The international mile and the statute mile (USA) differ by about 3 millimetres although both are defined as being equal to 5280 feet. The international mile is based on the international foot (0.3048 metre exactly) whereas the statute mile (USA) is based on the survey foot (1200/3937 metre = 0.3048006 approximately). Cheers, Pat Naughtin Author of the ebook, Metrication Leaders Guide, that you can obtain from http://metricationmatters.com/MetricationLeadersGuideInfo.html PO Box 305 Belmont 3216, Geelong, Australia Phone: 61 3 5241 2008 Metric system consultant, writer, and speaker, Pat Naughtin, has helped thousands of people and hundreds of companies upgrade to the modern metric system smoothly, quickly, and so economically that they now save thousands each year when buying, processing, or selling for their businesses. Pat provides services and resources for many different trades, crafts, and professions for commercial, industrial and government metrication leaders in Asia, Europe, and in the USA. 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