How many cornings is that?

corning tower looking up

Temporarily overcome by the nerdy fun that is measuring things in cornings (that is, using the Corning Tower as a unit of measurement), we put together this handy meters/feet/cornings converter:

m
ft
corning

It might be more fun than it should be. For example, we just used it to figure out that Otto is .007 cornings from nose to tail.

The code for this calculator was adapted from Ada Shimar's cm/inch/feet converter at JavaScript Kit

Comments

I'd rather measure things in Smoots:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoot

I wonder how many Libraries of Congress it would take to store the size of the Corning Tower converted to football fields.

I am 0.0090 Cornings. Cool.

MilliCornings might be more useful for day-to-day measurements. It makes a lot more sense to say that I'm 9.5 millicornings tall than measuring it in Cornings.








Description of liter mug

Brewery: HB or Hofbrauhaus
Country of Orgin: Germany
Beer Glass Type: Kruge
Size: 1 liter
Dimensions: 8 inches high and 4-1/2 inches wide at the rim.
Detailed Description: This hard to find Hofbrauhaus beer mug comes directly from Munich and the world famous Baverian beer. The front of this hefty beer mug has the HG crown logo in blue, white and gold.


1 Corning (589ft) = 7068 in

Liter mug is 8in high.

1 Wolff = 8 / 7068 = 0.00113 Corning.

Yes Fudd, that's all true and note worthy to say the least. Matt would be proud!
I think we should go for 0.00113 of a Corning at Wolff's right now!

Ah, Fudd, as my physics teachers always said, units, units, units.

You are trying to convert from units of length to units of volume. Where as a Corning is simply a measure of distance, a Wolff is a unit of volume.

Given that:
1 Wolff = 8"*(4.5"/2)^2 = 40.5 cubic inches = 0.026 cubic feet.
1 Corning = 7068in = 589ft
1 Erastus = 1cubic Corning = 7068in^3 = 353,093,418,432
cubic inches
= 586^3 = 204,336,469 cubic feet
1 Wolff = 0.026/1 Erastus = 1.272e-10 Erastus

While this may seem a small amount, it is now clear why Erastus was such a larger than life figure. Kinda like a Parsec.

If we convert to more contemporary units of measure, however, the proportionality again becomes clear.

1 Jennings = 6ft = 72in (approximate)
1 Jerry = 216cubic ft = 373,248 cubic inches = 0.001 Erastus

Given these,

1 Wolff = .00012 Jerrys

Based on these calculations, were you to actually try to imbibe 0.00113 Erastus, you would clearly be way over the limit to drive home from Alive at Five.

Yours in Science, Dr Bob

Thx Dr Bob. I'm going to need a lot more peanuts.

@Fudd,

Oh most certainly. I'd say you'll need at least a half a Bruno of peanuts.

Say Something!

We'd really like you to take part in the conversation here at All Over Albany. But we do have a few rules here. Don't worry, they're easy. The first: be kind. The second: treat everyone else with the same respect you'd like to see in return. Cool? Great, post away. Comments are moderated so it might take a little while for your comment to show up. Thanks for being patient.

What's All Over Albany?

All Over Albany is for interested and interesting people in New York's Capital Region. In other words, it's for you. It's kind of like having a smart, savvy friend who can help you find out what's up. Oh, and our friends call us AOA.

Search

Recently on All Over Albany

Thank you!

When we started AOA a decade ago we had no idea what was going to happen. And it turned out better than we could have... (more)

Let's stay in touch

This all feels like the last day of camp or something. And we're going to miss you all so much. But we'd like to stay... (more)

A few things I think about this place

Working on AOA over the past decade has been a life-changing experience for me and it's shaped the way I think about so many things.... (more)

Albany tightened its rules for shoveling snowy sidewalks last winter -- so how'd that work out?

If winter ever gets its act together and drops more snow on us, there will be sidewalks to shovel. And shortly after that, Albany will... (more)

Tea with Jack McEneny

Last week we were fortunate enough to spend a few minutes with Jack McEneny -- former state Assemblyman, unofficial Albany historian, and genuinely nice guy.... (more)

Recent Comments

My three year old son absolutely loving riding the train around Huck Finn's (Hoffman's) Playland this summer.

Thank you!

...has 27 comments, most recently from Ashley

Let's stay in touch

...has 4 comments, most recently from mg

A look inside 2 Judson Street

...has 3 comments, most recently from Diane (Agans) Boyle

Everything changes: Alicia Lea

...has 2 comments, most recently from Chaz Boyark

A few things I think about this place

...has 13 comments, most recently from Katherine