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Brian60

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Largest moving man made object
« on: January 24, 2016, 07:25:24 pm »

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Re: Largest moving man made object
« Reply #1 on: January 24, 2016, 08:37:20 pm »

What is that,... four acres?  {:-{

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Re: Largest moving man made object
« Reply #2 on: January 24, 2016, 09:25:21 pm »

The [/size]acre[/color][/size] is a [/color][/size]unit[/color][/size] of land area used in the [/color][/size]imperial[/color][/size] and [/color][/size]US customary[/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]1640[/color][/size] of a [/color][/size]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[/color][/size].[/color][/size][/color][/size]HTH[/color]
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Re: Largest moving man made object
« Reply #3 on: January 24, 2016, 11:33:30 pm »


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Re: Largest moving man made object
« Reply #4 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... %%
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