FATJACK
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Seems kinda simplistic. When was it first used??
How did MPH originate as the guage for speed???
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FATJACK said:
when Al Gore invented it
Imperial units or the imperial system is a system of units, first defined in the British Weights and Measures Act of 1824, later refined (until 1959) and reduced. The system came into official use across the British Empire. By the late 20th century all nations of the former empire had officially adopted the metric system as their main system of measurement.
Smokey said:when Al Gore invented it
Imperial units or the imperial system is a system of units, first defined in the British Weights and Measures Act of 1824, later refined (until 1959) and reduced. The system came into official use across the British Empire. By the late 20th century all nations of the former empire had officially adopted the metric system as their main system of measurement.
huh????
it's only a measure of distance and time....
could have been used as early as when they started using the clock (or the sun)....
could have been used as early as when they started using the clock (or the sun)....
"Miles per hour" comes from the latin word "mileormore".....meaning "bird fart that can be heard from a mile away".......They measured the distance and that made the standard mile 5280'.....hope this helped...:itsme:
I kind of prefer " feet per second" It has a much nicer ring dont you think?
thewelshm
It has a much nicer ring dont you think?thewelshm
500H V10
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Birds don't fart, They SHIT!TNVIPER said:
bigredv10
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I wonder which automobile got the first speeding ticket... maybe a 34' caddy with a v12 going 80 down main street I forget his name (famous pholosipher) who had a wooden box with cogs("gears") that droped marbles as he rolled it marking a mile maybe it was in rome or something saw in on the history channel long time ago people still dont know Exactly how it worked but they have a pretty good idea. Anyways this was used as the first mile marker, dont know why they would need to know this so far back :dontknow:
THEWELSHM said:I kind of prefer " feet per second"
thewelshm
I prefer Furlongs in a Fortnight.
04rcmoneypit
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That's funny, LarryTNVIPER said:
500H V10 said:
I beg your pardon.....I used to have chickens and they farted all the time.
FATJACK
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Apparently.....
And another thread go south in a hurry.
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ZCx said:
Why does they make 1 mile 1604 meters then.:argh:
And KPH is crap then when it's normaly 1000 meters.
VIPR PWR said:But how many mph will it take to go south Earl
Depends on deep the damn snow is Jim
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