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Re: Units and area. was: gipsy moth iv
From: Craig Z
Date: 2006 Jul 18, 22:50 -0500
standards people, standards! :P
had forgotten about mils, been 10 years since i wore the rabbit ears
suit (guess the reference!)
On 7/19/06, Gary LaPook <glapook@pacbell.net> wrote:
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> Gary LaPook added:
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> And our army and marines use "mils" as a unit of angular measurement and of
> direction. There are 6400 mils in a circle, 17.77777 to a degree and 3.375
> minutes to a mil. East is 1600, south is 3200 west 4800 and north 6400.
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From: Craig Z
Date: 2006 Jul 18, 22:50 -0500
standards people, standards! :P
had forgotten about mils, been 10 years since i wore the rabbit ears
suit (guess the reference!)
On 7/19/06, Gary LaPook <glapook@pacbell.net> wrote:
>
> Gary LaPook added:
>
>
> And our army and marines use "mils" as a unit of angular measurement and of
> direction. There are 6400 mils in a circle, 17.77777 to a degree and 3.375
> minutes to a mil. East is 1600, south is 3200 west 4800 and north 6400.
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