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Title: Largest moving man made object
Post by: Brian60 on January 24, 2016, 07:25:24 pm

Worth a 2 minute visit.....

http://www.marinelink.com/news/polarcus-deploys-largest403793.aspx

Title: Re: Largest moving man made object
Post by: Umi_Ryuzuki on January 24, 2016, 08:37:20 pm

What is that,... four acres?  {:-{

Title: Re: Largest moving man made object
Post by: dougal99 on January 24, 2016, 09:25:21 pm

The [/size]acre[/color][/size] is a [/color][/size]unit (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Units_of_measurement)[/color][/size] of land area used in the [/color][/size]imperial (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_units)[/color][/size] and [/color][/size]US customary (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_customary_units#Units_of_area)[/color][/size] systems. It is defined as the area of 1 chain (22 yards) by 1 furlong (220 yards), which is exactly equal to [/color][/size]1⁄640[/color][/size] of a [/color][/size]square mile (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_mile)[/color][/size], 43,560 square feet, approximately 4,046.856 m[/color][/size]2[/color], or about 40% of a [/font][/color][/size]hectare (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hectare)[/color][/size].[/color][/size][/color][/size]HTH[/color]

Title: Re: Largest moving man made object
Post by: BrianB6 on January 24, 2016, 11:33:30 pm

?

Title: Re: Largest moving man made object
Post by: Umi_Ryuzuki on January 24, 2016, 11:40:00 pm

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43,560 square feet, approximately 4,046.856 m

Right, so 17.6 square kilometers, is about the equivalent of four acres on land...? 
Or have I totally messed up my decimal point? 17600sq m?


Oh, found a conversion app, yeah bad decimal placement...
4200.79 acres... %%