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    Smoot - Wikipedia

    • 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 between Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts, so that his fraternity brothers could use his height to measure the length of the bridge. … See more

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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 measurem… See more

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    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 he was the "most scientificall… See more

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    smoot: /smoot/, n. [MIT] A unit of length equal five feet seven inches. The length of the Harvard Bridge in Boston is famously 364.4 smoots plus an ear (the ear is allegedly the width of the earhole in the side of the football helmet the victim was wearing when he was rolled over the bridge).
    What is a Smoot? A smoot is a nonstandard, humorous unit of measurement that roughly equates to five feet seven inches, “plus epsilon.” Some substitute “plus epsilon” (ε) with “plus an ear” but this is up for debate.
     
  3. MIT to Recalibrate the Smoot | alum.mit.edu

    Apr 1, 2016 · Nearly 60 years after the smoot first appeared on the Mass. Ave. bridge, the MIT-born unit of measurement will be recalibrated to the exact measurements of its namesake, Oliver Smoot ’62.

     
  4. List of humorous units of measurement - Wikipedia

    The Smoot is a unit of length, defined as the height in 1958 of Oliver R. Smoot, who later became the chairman of the American National Standards Institute , and then the president of the International Organization for Standardization . …

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    Jan 25, 2020 · The 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.

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