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History Of Measurement - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Roman feet, English miles and the yard
the Greeks and Romans inherited the foot from the Egyptians. The Roman foot (~296 mm) was divided into both 12 unciae (inches) (~24.7 mm) and 16 digits (~18.5 mm). The Romans also introduced the mille passus (1000 paces) or double steps, the pace being equal to five Roman feet…
Shantaram (gregory David Roberts)
Jet fighters near the Afghan border
‘Khaled! Yeah! Are you okay?’ ‘Sure. Jet fighters! Fuck me! Two of them. Not far overhead. A hundred feet, man, no more than that. Fuck! They were really smashing up the sound barrier! What a noise!’ ‘Were they Russians?’ ‘No, I don’t think so. Not this close to the border…
The standing babas
THE STANDING BABAS were men who’d taken a vow never to sit down, or lie down, ever again, for the rest of their lives. They stood, day and night, forever. They ate their meals standing up, and made their toilet standing up. They prayed and worked and sang standing up. They even…
The Book: On The Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are
Differentiation is not separation; the death of the individual is not disconnection but simply withdrawal
For every individual is a unique manifestation of the Whole, as every branch is a particular outreaching of the tree. To manifest individuality, every branch must have a sensitive connection with the tree, just as our independently moving and differentiated fingers must have a…