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Smoot - humorous nonstandard length unit
Smoot is a nonstandard, humorous unit of length equal to 5 ft 7 in, the height of Oliver R. Smoot (MIT ’62). Used to measure the Harvard Bridge in 1958 as “364.4 smoots ± 1 ear” and referenced in engineering culture and local markings
- Symbol: none standardized (sometimes sm or smt)
- System: Informal/non-SI
- Exact relations: 1 smoot = 5 ft 7 in = 67 in (exact)
- Metric equivalents: 1 smoot = 67 × 0.0254 m = 1.7018 m (exact)
- Typical examples: Harvard Bridge markings at 10-smoot intervals; humorous unit conversions in campus lore
Furlong (fur) - traditional length unit
Furlong is an Imperial/US customary unit historically used in surveying and still common in horse racing. Used as one-eighth of a mile and equal to ten chains.
- Symbol: fur (also seen as f)
- System: Imperial/US customary
- Exact relations: 1 fur = 220 yd = 660 ft = 10 chains = 40 rods = 1/8 mi
- Metric equivalents: 1 fur = 201.168 m = 0.201168 km (exact)
- Typical examples: flat horse races (e.g., 5f, 6f, 7f); historical field/survey lengths