by "Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
Published 06/03/2017 at 17:42
by "Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
Published 06/03/2017 at 17:42
Tags: Artillery
; Imperial units
STARS: 1
The Americans as we know like to use Legacy Units. Hogsheads, bushels, pecks, roods, furlongs, yards and a whole panoply of unrelated units of measurement called after things like the distance between one English king’s nose and his outstretched arm.
Here we find an artillery piece whose weight is quoted in Legacy Units. Fifty of a larger unit, one of a subdivision and twenty-three of a further subdivision. The weight corresponds to 2,563 kg.
Now, what are the three different units?
"Alfalfa" (alfalfa-romeo)
06/03/2017 at 18:13, STARS: 2
Hundredweight, quarter hundredweight, and pounds?
"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
06/03/2017 at 21:34, STARS: 0
no idea.
"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
06/04/2017 at 05:17, STARS: 1
....is the right answer!
"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
06/04/2017 at 05:20, STARS: 0
Hundredweight, quarters, pounds.
So (50*112) + (1*28) + 23 = 5,561 lbs = 2,522 kg