Pat Catchpole wrote:
> Anyway, here's my answer (see question below):
> ... 11,200 furlongs/fortnight
> Anyone care to work it out in fathoms per lunar month or as a fraction of a
> light-year?
Sure, 100 miles / day is the same as:
11,200 furlongs per fortnight
2,678,443 fathoms per calendar month (ave)
1/160,948,000 of the speed of light (approx)
(No, I didn't take the time to figure all of the above. The
program "units" on a UNIX machine converts amongst the above,
as well as more other units than are useful:
you have: 100 miles / day
you want: furlongs / fortnight
* 1.120000e+04
/ 8.928571e-05
you have: 100 miles / day
you want: fathoms / month
* 2.678443e+06
/ 3.733513e-07
you have: 100 miles / day
you want: c
* 6.213186e-09
/ 1.609480e+08
--ken
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