[Land-speed] [Tigers] Hat/Lapel Pins: "Ft-Lbs Forever"

[23weldon]

Back in the middle of the 20th century (where my "feet" are plainly rooted) 
engineers came out of school fully understanding the difference between foot 
pounds of energy and foot pounds of rotational torque.  That was because the 
foundation of their experience was a 3 dimensional world of things you could 
touch, see smell hear and even taste if you got a bit to close.
Somewhere in the 1980's that morphed into the 2 dimensional world on an 
illuminated screen.  Now it was essential that no two things have the same 
name lest mad confusion reign over the educational process.
In response for the measurement of rotational torque the words were reversed 
giving us "pound-feet" followed quickly by addition of the word "force" in 
deference to the physics professors in the room.  It didn't stop there, 
however.  There are now at least 13 such measurements including such 
absurdities as "Long ton force foot".  See: 
http://www.convert-me.com/en/convert/torque/
So let's see........ The head bolt torque for a Ford Flathead should be 
0.02232 long ton force feet.....
Ed

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry Mayfield" <drmayf at mayfco.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2014 10:55 AM
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] [Tigers] Hat/Lapel Pins: "Ft-Lbs Forever"
>I happen to agree with that notion as well. If that's what you grew up with
> I am a happy camper if you use that.  I can use it interchangeably with
> ft-lbs with no issues. My problem is using pound feet vs foot pounds in 
> the
> terminology. And as archaic as you seem to think that is, then I guess the
> rules of math don't count for much do they?
> Good on ya...so how many ft - lbs one do you want?> mayf