Tuesday trivia
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2007-04-02 16:20:15 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
The standard railway gauge of 4 feet, 8 1/2 inches derives from the original specification for an Imperial Roman army war chariot.
2007-04-02 17:45:51 · answer #1 · answered by chrisviolet4011 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The standard railway gauge of 4 feet, 8 1/2 inches derives from the original specification for an Imperial Roman army war chariot.
2007-04-03 04:49:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
See Monique above, she is at least the only one that isn't wrong. The idea that RRs are as wide as Roman chariots is an old, old myth. It was originally a joke about being as wide as two horse's butts. It just ain't true. If you go to a museum and actually see an old Roman chariot you will see that they are quite narrower than a RR. If someone stated a conestoga wagon, that I could believe they are roughly the same width. And no, the wagon isn't that width because of the chariot, sheesh. and if you still believe the chariot thing come over to my 600 room mansion and watch Chuck Norris delete the Recycling bin on my Univac1 with a copy of Windows 1973.
2007-04-03 11:29:35 · answer #3 · answered by Grey 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The standard gauge of 4 ft 8½ in (1435 mm) was chosen for the first main-line railway, the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&MR), by the British engineer George Stephenson, because it was the de facto standard for the colliery railways where Stephenson had worked. Whatever the origin of the gauge it seemed to be a satisfactory choice: not too narrow and not too wide.
2007-04-03 00:05:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all, never trust Wikipedia, as someone earlier mentioned they got their information from. People who just want to mess up history edit it.
And standard gauge railways are 4 ft. 8.5 inches because that is the width of a Roman chariot at that time.
Well, that's what I heard, anyways.
2007-04-03 02:19:16 · answer #5 · answered by athleticsfan12 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because this was the width of the Imperial Roman army war chariot.
2007-04-03 00:51:03 · answer #6 · answered by IFlyGuy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Width between the wheels on Roman chariots.
2007-04-02 23:44:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's the same width as Roman charriots
2007-04-03 07:34:22 · answer #8 · answered by regizzy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it is a satisfactory choice: not too narrow and not too wide.
2007-04-03 00:06:30 · answer #9 · answered by Italian Medallion 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
so the chicken can cross the road
2007-04-02 23:28:30 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋