WOW!!! You guys are too quick... :) I found this in a little handbook from
Plastic Capacitors published back in 1974... I thought it would catch some
of you off guard... but you're way to sharp!
Thanks for the chuckles... good answers!
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Furlong per Fortnight:
0.0001663095 meters per second (in SI units)
0.0005456349 feet per second (in Imperial units)
Thus: a car traveling at 60 km/h (37 mph) is traveling at a speed of
100,214.7 furlongs per fortnight; (rounded off)
A Boeing 737 cruising at 420 knots or 216.2 m/s (i.e. typical 0.8 Mach
cruise) is traveling at a speed of 1,300,013.7 furlongs per fortnight;
One furlong per fortnight = 0.166 millimeters per second which would be so
slow as to be barely noticeable to the naked eye.
Bill Brooks - KG6VVP
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Wednesday thought for the day...
How many Furlongs per Fortnight is a car traveling if it's speed is 60 km/h.
Bill Brooks - KG6VVP
PCB Design Engineer, C.I.D.+, C.I.I.
Tel: (760)597-1500 Ext 3772 Fax: (760)597-1510
Datron World Communications, Inc.
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