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Subject:        Re: Obsolete measurements of lengths
Date:   Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:33:25 -0400
From:   Paige Andrew <[log in to unmask]>
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Toby,

Thanks for sharing. This is THE website for finding out about the
huge variety of "mile" lengths for instance, and also for
projections, I have had it on my list of online map cataloging tools
that is handed out as part of workshop materials for many years!
Thanks once again for Jan Smits!

Paige

At 04:16 PM 4/4/2008, you wrote:
>-------- Original Message --------
>Subject:        Obsolete measurements of lengths
>Date:   Fri, 4 Apr 2008 14:36:31 -0500
>From:   Toby Main <[log in to unmask]>
>To:     [log in to unmask]
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>
>
>Everybody has probably seen this, but I just came across it, so just in
>case..
>
>http://www.kb.nl/skd/mathemat.html
>
>
>All those weird and wonderful old timey measurements explained.  Now if
>we could just get a natural scale indicator with these on it...
>
>Toby Main
>State Library of New Mexico
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