Sentence examples for ft per second from inspiring English sources

Discovery came within 11.3 m (37 ft) of Mir at speeds as low as 0.03 m (0.1 ft) per second.

The 3rd Earl planted Corsican, maritime and Scots pines on the dunes in the late 19th century to shelter the agricultural land from wind-blown sand, which is carried inland when the wind speed exceeds three metres (10 ft) per second and blows from directions between northwest to northeast.

On the Earth's surface, this is 9.8 meters (32.2 ft) per second squared.

On Earth, this is 9.8 meters (32.2 ft) per second per second to 2 significant figures.

defer.add img); Description As shown in the appendix, the total delta-v required by this mission, using patched-conic trajectories for a hohmann-type transfer, ranges from 8,970 to 10,003 meters (29,429.1 to 32,818.2 ft) per second.

17 years ago when the film was made, projectors ran at a speed of 60 ft. per second whereas now the speed has been stepped up to 90.

The entire Darling system drains a 250,000-sq-mi (650,000-sq-km) basin with an average annual discharge of 3,600 cu ft (102 cu m) per second at Menindee.

So then the boat's prop did 24,000 foot-pounds of work in 4 seconds, so the power was exerted at the rate of 24,000/4 = 6,000 foot-pounds per second (ft-lb/sec).

Growth of one to two metres (3.3 to 6.6 ft) per year for the first four years is considered normal.

For an anemometer with a radius of 30 cm (.98 ft), which travels 188.4 cm (6.18 ft) in a single rotation, an anemometer that rotates 5 times per second rotates through a distance of 942 cm (30.9 ft), making the wind speed 942 cm/sec (30.9 feet per second).

The floating portion is then retracted under the O'ahu side of the fixed bridge at a rate of 14 inches per second to create a 650 ft navigation channel.