Re: [Phys-l] Fun/cool unit conversion example?

[Vern Lindberg <vwlsps@rit.edu>]

Density of water in Tonnes/inch acre is a tricky one for students,  
but quite telling when you consider domed stadia.

Be sure to check out more units than you can shake a stick at  at  
http://www.unc.edu/%7Erowlett/units/index.html

Vern

On Jan 18, 2010, at 4:16 PM, Jeff Loats wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> On the first day of class I do a brief example to illustrate unit  
> conversion
> (snore) and I usually spice it up by making it very silly (such as  
> density
> measured in gigaslugs per parsec cubed).
>
> I thought I would ask here to see if anyone had a neat unit conversion
> example that left you with a sense of "huh, I didn't know that" or  
> "that was
> cool!" or something similar.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jeff
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