[time-nuts] Obscure terms

[Brent Gordon]

The amount of land a man and a mule can plow in one day.
43560 square feet
640 Acres=1 square mile

Jim Palfreyman wrote:
> Sheez - I'm so glad we have metric!!
>
> Can I ask you US dudes a question?
>
> Do you know, without looking it up, what an acre is?
>
> It's such a commonly used term for measuring large areas, but I bet
> most don't know what it actually is. I only know because of Pink
> Floyd.
>
> We use a hectare which is 100mx100m. Very easy to visualise, work with
> and convert.
>
> Jim Palfreyman
>
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