Odd Question can anyone answer it?
30 October 2007, 11:26 PM
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Odd Question can anyone answer it?
Does anyone know how to calculate the thinnest part of England?
I.E. the shortest distance between the east coast and the west?
England only if possible, does anyone know how to calculate it?
cheers in advance,
astraboy.
I.E. the shortest distance between the east coast and the west?
England only if possible, does anyone know how to calculate it?
cheers in advance,
astraboy.
31 October 2007, 12:00 AM
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Probably somewhere down near "the foot", i.e. "The Lizard".
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31 October 2007, 10:36 AM
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Wasn't Hadrian's Wall built across the narrowest part of England (I think it is approx 73 miles long?).
Probably not the most accurate guide but that's the area to work it out with?
Probably not the most accurate guide but that's the area to work it out with?
31 October 2007, 10:57 AM
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Hadrian’s Wall: the final frontier. Commissioned by the Emperor Hadrian in AD 122, this structure marks the northernmost extent of the great Roman Empire.
It’s more than 73 miles long, stretching across the narrowest part of northern England, and took the Roman army nearly six years to build
It’s more than 73 miles long, stretching across the narrowest part of northern England, and took the Roman army nearly six years to build
31 October 2007, 11:23 AM
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one foot in front of the other
39 and 3/8ths" to a metre
36" to a yard
1760 yards to the mile
set-to it ..
39 and 3/8ths" to a metre
36" to a yard
1760 yards to the mile
set-to it ..
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31 October 2007, 12:22 PM
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Can't think how to calculate it, I would have thought it would have to be done by measurement. Not as easy to do as you might think I reckon.
It will be interesting to know where and how much in the end though.
Les
It will be interesting to know where and how much in the end though.
Les
31 October 2007, 12:44 PM
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39" is a metre. 36" is a yard - 3 feet at 12" per foot, you see...
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31 October 2007, 06:55 PM
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This site might come in handy:
Gmaps Pedometer
Annoyingly it loads you into the USA - but just drag the map across and zoom into wherever you want.
To measure a route click on "Start Recording" then double click the start point and every turning along the way.
If you're on a health kick you can get a rough idea of calories burned as well.
HTH
Gmaps Pedometer
Annoyingly it loads you into the USA - but just drag the map across and zoom into wherever you want.
To measure a route click on "Start Recording" then double click the start point and every turning along the way.
If you're on a health kick you can get a rough idea of calories burned as well.
HTH
01 November 2007, 01:12 AM
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whatever happened to the "scale map and ruler method"?
these bloody ravers..... less time jumping up and down and more time at school lol
these bloody ravers..... less time jumping up and down and more time at school lol
01 November 2007, 01:54 AM
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Nope, How wide is the coast across from "the lizard". About 5 miles, I'd guess.
Who phrased the question? Is this from a pub quiz handbook? What are the rules on defining the narrowest point?
J.
Who phrased the question? Is this from a pub quiz handbook? What are the rules on defining the narrowest point?
J.
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