Purely by accident, I discovered that you can type in mathematical calculations in Google’s search bar, and it will give you the answer. This is immensely handy, as my Windows calculator has mysteriously disappeared and I’ve been reduced to using a clunky Perl command (e.g. 'perl -e “print 45*13-12” ') to work out calculations. Much easier typing it into a Google dialogue box.
Also, you can do on-the-fly conversions. Type “10 bushels in cups” and you get “10 US bushels = 1489.46847 US cups.” Type “212f in celsius” and you get “212 degrees Fahrenheit = 100 degrees Celsius.” Type “1 US Gallon in UK gallon” and you get “1 US gallon = 0.832673844 Imperial gallon.” This is way too cool.
I hope I’m not the last on the boat to have discovered this. Surely, someone here may learn from my discovery. Are there any other cool features of Google that I’ve been missing all these years?
Dag Otto
Well it’s nice to know that Google hasn’t “muscled in” on other people’s territory.
Here’s my pressure converter: http://www.1728.com/convpres.htm
Just inputting 1 psi shows this equals 2.036 Inches of Mercury, 27.68 Inches of water and about 16 other units.
Why not? 12.5 L/100 km is the standard European way for indicating a vehicle’s fuel economy. You can easily (well, it takes a couple steps) convert this to miles per gallon.
12.5L/100 km * 1km/0.62 miles * 1 gallon/3.78 L= 12.5 gallons/234.36 miles = 18.74 miles per gallon (I’m off Google’s answer due to rounding errors.)
