Warp wrote:
...
>   3500 rpm = 3500*60 rph, and in 1 hour it travels 75 miles. Thus divide
> 75 miles by 3500*60 revolutions, and you have the amount of miles per one
> revolution, which would be approximately 0.0003571428 miles.
> 
>   Given that I'm not sure which whacky units miles are divided into,
...

0.0003571428 mile
= 1 foot + 2 hands + 2.6285678 inches
= 22 and 5/8 inch (and something).

http://www.google.com/search?q=1+foot+2+hands+2.6285678+inches+in+miles
http://www.google.com/search?q=%2822+5/8+%29+inches+in+miles

1 mile
= 8 furlongs
= 80 chains
= 1760 yards
= 8000 links
= 5280 feet
= 15840 hands
= 63360 inches

1 furlong
= 10 chains
= 220 yards
= 660 feet
= 1000 links
= 7920 inches

1 chain
= 22 yards
= 66 feet
= 100 links
= 198 hands
= 792 inches

1 yard
= 3 feet
= 9 hands
= 36 inches

1 foot
= 3 hands
= 12 inches

1 hand
= 4 inches

1 inch
= 1000 mils

-- 
Tor Olav
http://subcube.com

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