FWIW - That's 3.05 inches. Maybe its a good, round number rooted in SAE
measurements?
n 3/7/2012 9:46 AM, John Schofield wrote:
> Dear all
>
> Here is a slightly odd question for you: I recently noticed that a receipt
> lying on my desk was exactly the same width as the diameter of my coffee mug
> - 77.5 mm. I am not sure why, but this surprised me. So I Googled 77.5 mm
> and discovered lots of other things to be the same diameter, length or
> width. I looked up some other measurements and found the same thing - lots
> of odd things that share a dimension. So I am wondering whether there is any
> patterning within these various similarly sized things. For example a lot of
> the '77.5 mm' stuff has to do with engines. But before I become too
> obsessed, I wonder if anyone is aware of anything like this having been done
> already, either on modern material culture or more ancient stuff. Are there
> any mass-produced artefacts from other periods that share the same
> dimensions?
>
> Or am I just being silly ... again.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> John
>
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