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The old 12-base system is actually very useful once you put your calculator aside. Dividing 1 foot by 4 is much easier than dividing 30cm. Also regarding your
by ciconia 11y ago
The old 12-base system is actually very useful once you put your calculator aside. Dividing 1 foot by 4 is much easier than dividing 30cm.
Also regarding your comment on mm vs cm, in my line of work (organ building [1]), we always talk in mm, just to prevent confusion, even for lengths of multiple meters).
[1] http://www.blumenroeder.fr http://www.blumenroeder.fr
- avmich 11y ago> Dividing 1 foot by 4 is much easier than dividing 30cm. That's of course very subjective. One has to remember that 1 foot is 12 inches, where in metrics one only remember once all prefixes and applies them to all units uniformly.