Babylonians developed trigonometry 'superior' to modern day version 3,700 years ago
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It is currently 28 Mar 2024, 18:23
Tusses wrote:It still make me smile to think that an 8x4' sheet is 8x4'
9fingers wrote:Tusses wrote:It still make me smile to think that an 8x4' sheet is 8x4'
I don't think this is always true. ISTR people complaining of some sheet goods being imperial one axis and metric the other. I think it might be some plasterboard where they had set the studs out in one system and the boards were delivered in the other.
But I agree the way we have adopted metric dimensions into the building trade is crazy with wood sold with metric cross sections and length in 1 foot steps and our doors are still in 3" steps in width.
Bob
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