Sujet : Re: Household Algebra
De : djheydt (at) *nospam* kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt)
Groupes : rec.arts.sf.fandomDate : 05. May 2024, 06:30:30
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In article <
robertaw-0B9100.21580604052024@news.individual.net>,
Robert Woodward <
robertaw@drizzle.com> wrote:
I believe that the Roman pace was defined as the distance between heel
strikes of the same foot. BTW, 3 feet from heel strike of 1 foot to the
heel strike of the other foot is a bit long - 30 inches is the US Army
marching standard.
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[Hal Heydt]
...and double that would be 5 feet, which is pretty close to the
back formed 5.28 feet. However, modern estimates are that the
Roman mile was actually 4680 feet, so a slightly shorter stride
than the modern US Army version. Since, so far as I know, mondern
people are, on average, somewhat taller than in the past, this
pretty much works out.