Time since the first iron steamship crossed the English Channel

Time since the first iron steamship crossed the English Channel (202 y)

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If Time since the first iron steamship crossed the English Channel (202 y) was a standard unit ...

  • Time since first humans in Australia (50,000 y)...more would be 250 x Time since the first iron steamship crossed the English Channel
  • Age of oldest wooden wheel (5,150 y)...more would be 25 x Time since the first iron steamship crossed the English Channel
  • Time since building of Stonehenge (5,120 y)...more would be 25 x Time since the first iron steamship crossed the English Channel
  • Time since the earliest writing (5,100 y)...more would be 25 x Time since the first iron steamship crossed the English Channel
  • Time since earliest wheeled vehicles (4,000 y)...more would be 20 x Time since the first iron steamship crossed the English Channel
  • Time since the birth of Hero of Alexandria (2,014 y)...more would be 10 x Time since the first iron steamship crossed the English Channel
  • Time since start of building of Great Zimbabwe (1,000 y)...more would be 5 x Time since the first iron steamship crossed the English Channel
  • Time since the death of Shakespeare (406 y)...more would be 2 x Time since the first iron steamship crossed the English Channel
  • Time since the birth of mathematician Maria Gaetana Agnesi (206 y)...more would be about as big as Time since the first iron steamship crossed the English Channel
  • Time since the first passenger steam railway service (199 y)...more would be about as big as Time since the first iron steamship crossed the English Channel
  • Time since introduction of the first mass-produced helicopter (Sikorsky R-4) (80 y)...more would be 2/5 of Time since the first iron steamship crossed the English Channel
  • Lifespan of human being (80 y)...more would be 2/5 of Time since the first iron steamship crossed the English Channel
  • Time since first Apple Macintosh Computer launched (40 y)...more would be 1/5 of Time since the first iron steamship crossed the English Channel
  • Time since first Tesla Model S launched (10 y)...more would be 1/20 of Time since the first iron steamship crossed the English Channel
  • Lifespan of rat (2 y)...more would be 1/100 of Time since the first iron steamship crossed the English Channel
  • Period of Earth's orbit (1 y)...more would be 1/200 of Time since the first iron steamship crossed the English Channel

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