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"Clay-kicking – also known as ‘working on the cross’ – had been developed in the UK for driving tunnels through clay-based geology for sewer, road and railway works... It used leg power to dig rather than hand tools such as picks or mattocks..." |
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// torque is measured in foot pounds // |
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Only in very primitive societies. Advanced civilizations use the SI unit oif torque, which is the Newton-metre. |
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Would you walk the torque? |
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If your foot pounds the ground, the answer is yes. |
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Why on Earth is a toque measured in foot pounds? Is this a Newfie thing? |
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More of a sad anachronism, actually. |
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It could also be measured in bushel-chains or peck-furlongs I suppose. |
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For true historical validity, cubit-talents (length and weight from Pharonic Egypt) would be appropriate. |
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Don't get all up tight about it, [IT] - it's just a wind-up. |
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You seem to have got the measure of the problem, then; the answer is now ver nier. |
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