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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: Who wrote this? #62181 03/25/02 04:40 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,156 B Bean old hand Bean old hand B Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,156 Here are the numbers if you guys want them (rounded to a sensible decimal place): Radius of earth = 6 000 km (so diameter = 12 000 km) Mean depth of oceans = 4 km Deepest depth of ocean = about 11 km (Mindanao Trench) Highest peak of mountains (for comparison) = about 9 km (Mount Everest) Ratio of mean ocean depth to Earth's diameter = 4 / 12000 = 0.0003 So a globe of diameter 1m (3.28 feet) would have ocean depth of 0.3 mm = 12 thousandths of an inch. You can scale this for whatever size globe you like. Just doing my oceanographical duty. Cheers! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Who wrote this? #62182 03/25/02 11:54 PM Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 688 A Angel addict Angel addict A Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 688 "I don't know how you guys walk around with those things...." You don't know how we walk around with those things!!! Oh, Faldage, darlin'! Can't wait to meet you at Wordapalooza! [he has no idea-e] Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 2 1 2 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,334 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 752 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 33 A C Bowden 17 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,543 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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