On Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:32:50 -0500, "BF" wrote:


"Goofball_star_dot_etal" wrote in message
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On Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:48:47 +0000, Gordon wrote:

This is from the Brian Toss rigging book so if you want to cheat, you
can look it up.

If I string a line around the equator (disregarding natural
obstacles) and then decide I want that line 1 foot above the equator all
the way around, how much longer must that line be? Call the earth's
diameter an even 8000 miles.
G

44/7 ft.

You obviously too geometery prior to handheld caculators, too.


Comes in handy when one loses one's slide rule..