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Monday, March 14, 2011

Question 1051: Lengthy roads


Who is the guy lying down? And what's happening?


Answer: Oliver Smoot who was used to measure the length of the Harvard Bridge and gave rise to the non standard unit Smoot = 5'7''(his height at the time). The bridge was measured to be 364.4 smoots +/- 1 ear. Ironically, Oliver Smoot went on to become President of International Organisation for Standardisation.
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10 comments:

  1. wheelsandwingsMarch 15, 2011 at 6:25 AM

    Oliver Smoot.
    His fraternity brothers are measuring the length of the Harvard Bridge in terms of Smoot's height.

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  2. StumblerMarch 15, 2011 at 12:37 PM

    The man is Oliver Smoot. The bridge he is on is being measured in terms of his height.

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  3. UnknownMarch 15, 2011 at 1:55 PM

    Gerge smoot
    unit of length named after him...

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  4. indianMarch 15, 2011 at 9:46 PM

    SMOOT -- 5'7". MEASUREMENTS.

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  5. SaswatMarch 16, 2011 at 12:59 AM

    Smoot is an unit of length named after the guy & his height is 1 unit of Smoot

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  6. appuchinMarch 16, 2011 at 8:09 PM

    smoot- he is a measuring unit!!

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  7. Siddarth PaiMarch 16, 2011 at 10:03 PM

    oliver smoot
    measured the length of the harvard bridge
    already came on boiled beans man

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  8. ArchimondeMarch 17, 2011 at 1:36 PM

    The birth of the unit of measurement known as "the Smoot"...

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  9. Matthew(M.A.Thai)March 19, 2011 at 9:27 AM

    the guya smoot n hes devising a new system of measurement smoot

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  10. UnknownMarch 21, 2011 at 12:14 PM

    Oliver R. Smoot, he is measuring the lenght of the bridge in smoots, (1 smoot = Oliver moot's height)

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