Smoot
Smoot is a non-standard unit consisting of a fun one fraternity has arisen. The unit is named after Oliver R. Smoot , who used his body as a benchmark for the Harvard Bridge in October 1958 on the occasion of a pledge to join Lambda Chi Alpha at MIT . A smoot is therefore equal to its size and measures 67 inches (1.7018 m). The length of the bridge was determined to be "364.4 smoots plus / minus one ear". Traces of the measurement process can still be seen on the bridge today. There are typically all 10 Smoots markings on the floor, which are renewed every year. In between there are a few other special markings, such as the 69 smoot mark (instead of the 70 smoot mark) or the 182.2 smoot mark, which includes the words “Halfway to Hell” and an MIT pointing arrow is decorated. In addition, each graduating class has its own smoot brand.
The markings are accepted by the public. During renovations in 1980, the Cambridge Police Department even requested that care be taken to preserve the markings, as they had proven very useful in locating traffic accidents.
Even Google's familiar services Smoot. For example, the Google calculator returns 5,87613116 smoots to the query "10 meter in smoots" and smoots can be set as the unit of measurement in Google Earth .
Oliver R. Smoot was Chairman of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) from 2001 to 2002 and President of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) from 2003 to 2004 ; the US or international standards organization.
Individual evidence
- ↑ 10 meters in smoots at google.com
- ^ Former chair of the ANSI website of the ANSI
- ↑ Former Presidents of ISO ( Memento of the original from July 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. PDF file on the ISO website
