Neat Ratios ...
Length of a pencil (190 mm)
- is 1/10000 of Height of Mt Washington, highest point in NE USA (1.917 km)...more
- is 1/10000 of Length of the Champs Elysee (1.9 km)...more
- is 1/5000 of Height of Tugela Falls in South Africa (948 m)...more
- is 1/2000 of Height of the Empire State Building (NYC) (381 m)...more
- is 1/2000 of Length of a TI Class oil tanker (380 m)...more
- is 1/1000 of Height of the Gateway Arch in St Louis (192 m)...more
- is 1/500 of Height of the Elizabeth Tower (home to Big Ben) in London (96 m)...more
- is 1/250 of Height of St Basil's Cathedral in Moscow (47.5 m)...more
- is 1/250 of Height of the main mast of the Cutty Sark sailing ship (47 m)...more
- is 1/40 of Women's World Long Jump Record (1988) (7.52 m)...more
- is 1/25 of Length overall of a `470` racing dinghy (4.7 m)...more
- is 1/10 of Length of a standard bed (1.9 m)...more
If this was a standard unit ...
