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eru
on April 4, 2011
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Which units are you using?
sbierwagen
on April 4, 2011
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Leagues per hour, of course. Just like how I measure fuel consumption in rods per hogshead.
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Handy conversion factors: one league per hour is 4.82 kph, 1.34m/s, or if you're stuck in a backward country that uses obsolete units like hogsheads, 3mph.
One rod per hogshead is 4.7 million liters per 100km, 0.021 m/ℓ, or 49μmiles per gallon.
eru
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Shouldn't that at least be furlongs per fortnight?
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