jcrawf02 (2/6/2008)
Chris Morris (2/6/2008)
jcrawf02 (2/6/2008)
Because we just have to be different. I'm going to go get my 'twelve barley-corns, round and dried' to measure something now . . .Nah, pretty sure it was removing the time portion so the remainder - the date - is easier to work with.
'twelve barley-corns, round and dried' - what does this mean then?
Original definition of the length of an American foot (roughly .3 meters)
No, According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_unit a barleycorn is 1/3 of an inch. So 'twelve barley-corns, round and dried' is about 4 inches or 1 hand. 3 hands = 1 foot.
I still prefer the light-nanosecond as a unit for measure (about .3 meters).
Derek