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One furlong per fortnight is a speed that would be barely noticeable to the ... 3.720 × 10 −4 mph, ... The speed of light is 1.8026 × 10 12 furlongs per fortnight ...
furlong per fortnight: furlong per fortnight (none) 1.0 furlong per fortnight (0.00060 km/h; 0.00037 mph) Aeronautical units: knot: kn (knot) ...
1 international knot = 1 nautical mile per hour (by definition), 1 852.000 metres per hour (exactly), [5] 0.51444 metres per second (approximately), 1.15078 miles per hour (approximately), 20.25372 inches per second (approximately) 1.68781 feet per second (approximately). The length of the internationally agreed nautical mile is 1 852 m.
Besides having the meaning of "any obscure unit", furlongs per fortnight have also served frequently in the classroom as an example on how to reduce a unit's fraction. The speed of light may be expressed as being roughly 1.8 terafurlongs per fortnight (or megafurlongs per microfortnight). [2]
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< 1 knot < 1 mph < 1 km/h 0–0.2 m/s: 0 ft 0 m Sea like a mirror Smoke rises vertically 1 Light air 1–3 knots 1–3 mph 1–5 km/h 0.3–1.5 m/s 0–1 ft 0–0.3 m Ripples with appearance of scales are formed, without foam crests Direction shown by smoke drift but not by wind vanes 2 Light breeze 4–6 knots 4–7 mph 6–11 km/h
Foot per second; Furlongs per fortnight; I. ... Knot (unit) M. Metre per hour; Metre per second; Miles per hour; O. Orders of magnitude (speed) S. Surface feet per minute
foot per hour: fph ≡ 1 ft/h = 8.4 6 × 10 −5 m/s foot per minute: fpm ≡ 1 ft/min = 5.08 × 10 −3 m/s: foot per second: fps ≡ 1 ft/s = 3.048 × 10 −1 m/s: furlong per fortnight: ≡ furlong/fortnight ≈ 1.663 095 × 10 −4 m/s: inch per hour: iph ≡ 1 in/h = 7.0 5 × 10 −6 m/s inch per minute: ipm ≡ 1 in/min = 4.2 3 × 10 −4 ...