Since google's search can act as a calculator which is aware of units, you can do some really funny stuff quickly, like determine the density of water in stone per cubic fathom. (1 gram) per (cubic centimeter) =3D 963.174249 stone per (cubic fathom) Sean On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 8:20 AM, cdb wrote: > > > :: (* Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds). > > And I always thought it stood for pounds, shillings and pence. or is > that Libra, shillings and denari? > > I don't know the youth of today miss out on base 12, base 20, base 14, > 16, 256 - just boring old base 10 is all they have to look forward to. > > Now how many fathoms in cricket pitch or is that rods per chain? > > Colin > -- > cdb, colin@btech-online.co.uk on 4/6/2010 > > Web presence: www.btech-online.co.uk > > Hosted by: =A0www.1and1.co.uk/?k_id=3D7988359 > > > > > > > > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- = http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist