what if I'm not at sea level? Or even on the planet? How does my torque wrench know where I am? These are all good questions. I successfully converted my speedometer to TCPH from MPH. That's Thousands of Chicanos Per Hour. Assuming my mexican-american friends average about 5.28 feet tall, that's .... 5280 feet per hour. Thank God I changed all the labels.. Just the other day I was passing over half a million feet of CPH! Man was I moving! (that's 100mph to those of you not on the system yet). Jim On Sun, 29 Jun 2003 22:14:31 +0100 Martin Gutkowski <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > http://www.onlineconversion.com/ > > 1 foot pound-force = 1.355818 newton metre > > 1 foot pound is a mass of 1lb applied at a distance of 1 foot from > the > point of rotation. > 1 Newton metre is a weight* of 1 newton applied at one metre from > the > point of rotation > A mass of 1kg will exert a downward force of 9.81 Newtons at > sea-level - > ie the accellaration due to gravity in metres-per-second-per-second > > You guys need to drive in Ireland where speed limits are in MPH but > distances in km. > > * Note the difference in definition between weight and mass. > > Martin > > Elvis Nocita wrote: > > >Wait a second, I was talking about 500Nm and I am not Dave. > >If you really want standard measurement, you will have to > >use the metric system. We European really don't understand what > you're > >always talking about heavy feet and stuff. > >A personal question - at school, when you had to calculate > distances and > >stuff - how did you do that ? It must be pretty hard with 12 inch > is a foot, > >3 (?) > >feet are a yard, 5xxx feet are a mile.... > > > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! Yahoo! Groups Sponsor <http://rd.yahoo.com/M=251812.3170658.4537139.1261774/D=egroupweb/S=170512 6215:HM/A=1564416/R=0/SIG=11ti81skc/*http://www.netflix.com/Default?mqso=6 0164797&partid=3170658> <http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=251812.3170658.4537139.1261774/D=egroupm ail/S=:HM/A=1564416/rand=642332547> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> .
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