tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post6069811834175719418..comments2024-03-26T13:46:42.738-05:00Comments on 4 Quarters, 10 Dimes: Aliens at the FairDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-72206129501798376602013-08-07T12:19:30.923-05:002013-08-07T12:19:30.923-05:00It was kind of a joke on the part of my Analytical...It was kind of a joke on the part of my Analytical Chem professor on unit conversions. I had tested out of Gen Chem via AP credit, so they dumped us Freshmen in that boat into Analytical Chem I as as our first Chem class, and we did a lot of goofy stuff like that.<br /><br />Then I went insane and took O-Chem and P-Chem concurrently as a sophomore. o.OJohn the Scientisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03467337009577733553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-78418409391484869802013-08-07T09:56:13.654-05:002013-08-07T09:56:13.654-05:00John, thanks for doing research on that question. ...John, thanks for doing research on that question. And how exciting, it has to do with physics and horse kinesiology! Science. It's everywhere.<br /><br />And I think it's brilliant that you have memorized the speed of light in many different unit sets. One never knows when that would come in handy. KimKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18441217660739944973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-34136614948800905792013-08-07T07:42:18.355-05:002013-08-07T07:42:18.355-05:00If they get the truck to the magic line of 27’6”, ...<i>If they get the truck to the magic line of 27’6”, they are done until the next round. Where this number came from I do not know.</i><br /><br />I guessed it was a medieval plowing distance, but the rod is 16.5 feet and a furlong is 660 feet (is it wrong that I once had the speed of light meorized in various units, including furlongs / fortnight: 1.8026E12)?<br /><br />A little Googling revealed it has to do with the first use of a dynamometer to test a horse's power cycle:<br /><br /><i>When testing horsepower in the early 1900's....many tests were done including the fitting of the harness, feeding the horse, time and speed in pulling. The short of it is when a horse pulled the distance of 27'06" he lost his maximum power. That is why we still use the 27'06 distance in the midwest yet today! There are other parts of the Country that choose to use a different distance, but most pulls are 27'06!</i>John the Scientisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03467337009577733553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-45773446823377115952013-08-05T15:57:27.409-05:002013-08-05T15:57:27.409-05:00And if you can't get enough horsepull info fro...And if you can't get enough horsepull info from that description, you can watch it all at horsepull,com which is a national clearinghouse for all things related to horses and pulling. What a fascinating subculture!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18319366704420073096noreply@blogger.com