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- The Harvard Bridge in Boston is measured in "smoots," a jocular unit of length created by members of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity at MIT in 1958. Oliver Smoot, a fraternity pledge, was used as a physical standard to measure the bridge. One smoot is equal to Oliver's height at the time, which was 5 feet 7 inches (1.7 meters). The bridge was eventually measured to be 364.4 smoots long123.Learn more:✕This summary was generated using AI based on multiple online sources. To view the original source information, use the "Learn more" links.In October 1958, Oliver Smoot, in a pledge to the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity at MIT, was measured head over feet from one end of the Harvard (Mass Ave) Bridge to the other. At intervals of 10 Smoots, hash marks were spray-painted onto the bridge's east sidewalk, from Cambridge over to Boston.www.celebrateboston.com/strange/smoots-bridge.…A jocular unit of length in Massachusetts, USA, = 5 feet 7 inches, defined in 1958 by members of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The fraternity brothers used a pledge, Oliver Reed Smoot, Jr., as a physical standard to measure the length of the Harvard Bridge (364.4 smoots ± 1 ear long).www.sizes.com/units/smoot.htmThe unit of one smoot is equal to Oliver’s height at the time of the prank, which was 5 feet 7 inches, or 1.7 meters. The bridge was eventually measured to be 364.4 smoots long. That equates to 2,035 feet or 620.1 meters “plus or minus an ear.”interestingengineering.com/science/smoot-the-mos…
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One smoot is equal to Oliver Smoot's height at the time of the pledge, 5 feet 7 inches (1.70 m). The bridge's length was measured to be 364.4 smoots (2,035 ft; 620.1 m) "± 1 εar" with the "±" showing measurement uncertainty and spelled with an epsilon to further indicate possible error in the measurement. Over the … See more
The smoot /ˈsmuːt/ is a nonstandard, humorous unit of length created as part of an MIT fraternity pledge to Lambda Chi Alpha by Oliver R. Smoot, who in October 1958 lay down repeatedly on the Harvard Bridge See more
Oliver R. Smoot was selected by his Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity pledgemaster because he was deemed shortest—which made measuring the bridge the most labor-intensive—and … See more
The bridge is marked with painted markings indicating how many smoots there are from where the sidewalk begins on the Charles River bank in Boston, with a number every ten … See more
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Apr 1, 2016 · The bridge’s measured length: 364.4 smoots, give or take an ear. Photographic evidence that clearly indicates Smoot's height has decreased from 67 inches in 1958 to 65.75 inches in 2015. The measurement has endured.
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Oct 19, 2014 · The four-lane bridge is 660 meters or 2,165 feet long. But 56 years ago this month, in 1958, a group of freshmen MIT frat brothers came up with another way to measure the bridge — the Smoot.
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May 6, 2016 · Oliver Smoot who stands at 5’7” was used to measure the Massachusetts Avenue Bridge as part of a MIT fraternity prank in 1958.
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Sep 27, 2014 · One bridge, three names, we’re a complicated people. The four-lane bridge is 660 meters or 2,165 feet long. But 58 years ago, in 1958, a group of freshmen MIT frat brothers came up with another way to measure the bridge …
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Sep 20, 2021 · Boston’s Harvard Bridge at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is covered in “smoots.” Learn about the origin of this real measurement from Ollie Smoot himself, and discover some of the lesser …
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