Human-Based Units of Measure - Inch, Yard, Biblical and Talmudic Units of Measurement, Earth Radius, Fathom, Smoot (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 61. Chapters: Inch, Yard, Biblical and Talmudic units of measurement, Earth radius, Fathom, Smoot, List of unusual units of measurement, Anthropic units, Foot, List of humorous units of measurement, Ancient Mesopotamian units of measurement, History of measurement, Hindu units of measurement, Ancient Greek units of measurement, Cubit, Obsolete Russian units of measurement, League, Parasang, German units of measurement, Finger tip unit, Sone, Human scale, List of human-based units of measure, Pous, Span, Picul, Hand, Obsolete Tatar units of measurement, Persian units of measurement, Koku, Cun, Phon, Stremma, Ell, Masu, Ancient Arabic units of measurement, Quinaria, Wa, Pace, Shaftment, Ald, Fistmele, Digit, Palm, Decuriae, Uncia, Pes, Macedonian cubit, Homestead. Excerpt: An unusual unit of measurement is a unit of measurement that does not form part of a coherent system of measurement; especially in that its exact quantity may not be well known or that it may be an inconvenient multiple or fraction of base units in such systems. This definition is deliberately not exact since it might seem to encompass units such as the week or the light-year which are quite "usual," in the sense they are often used; if they are used out of context they may be "unusual," as demonstrated by the FFF system of units. Unusual units of measure are sometimes used by scientists, especially physicists and mathematicians, and other technicians, engineers and computer programmers, either humorously or for real convenience when dealing with objects in the real world whose quantities in more conventional units may be awkward to use. They are also employed by journalists in an attempt to give meaningful comparisons. Whether such comparisons actually are meaningful is open to debate, since the comparative quantity itself may not be well known with much accurac...