(JJ Sinclair) wrote in message ...
feet per sec X 0.508 = meters per sec

This from the 1987 SSA MEMBERSHIP HANDBOOK.

Haven't seen an updated book in 20 years. It has lots of useful information,
like this in it.
JJ Sinclair

Right number, for something. Unfortunately, not for the units you
have stated.

This illustrates quite well one of the many pitfalls of having to make
conversions. Get with it, get rid of the Fred Flintstone units and
use the interdisciplinary and International System of Units.

It is actually hectofeet per minute (a screwball unit) that you'd
multiply by 0.508 to get meters per second:

100 ft/min = 0.508 m/s

Note that 100 ft/min is not 1 ft/s, the units you claimed, since we
don't have 100 seconds in a minute.

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