On Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:57:39 -0500TheOther <theother1510@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Fons Adriaensen wrote:> > On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 08:11:30AM -0500, TheOther wrote:> > > >> Let's see, there's 640 acres to a section, and a section of> >> land is 1 mile by 1 mile, or a 1 mile square. > > > > Incredible, those units !> > > > So a square piece of one acre would have a size of> > 1 mile / sqrt(640). That square root is not an integer.> > > > Is this the definition of 1 acre ?> > > > Hello Fons,> > You can Google an acre for the definition. I found this definition to > be accurate and somewhat easier to understand:> > The Question:> > We are trying to find feet measurement for an acre—not the square > footage. Can you please help? <snip> As a point of interest, chains are still used as a linear measurementby the railways in the UK. -- Will J Godfreyhttp://www.musically.me.uk_______________________________________________Linux-audio-user mailing listLinux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
