Word Origin & History. amber mid-14c., ambergris, from O.Fr. ambre, from M.L. ambar, from Arabic 'anbar amber, a word brought home to Europe by the Crusaders. The sense was extended to fossil resin c.1400, which has become the main sense as the use of ambergris has waned. This formerly was known as white or yellow amber. In Fr., they are distinguished as ambre gris and amber jaune. Cf. also electric.
It depends on how closely he needs to describe the location. One degree of latitude is one nautical mile or about 6000 feet, so one second is about 100 feet. The fractions of a second are pretty useless, but degrees, minutes, and seconds are reasonable.
To convert from meters to feet (m to f) is a simple conversion. You can use 1 m = 3.28 ft or 1 m = 39.37 inches and just multiply.But this converter is designed to convert an entry in meters into both feet and inches.The results are the total of feet and inches, not an answer in feet and an answer in inches separately.o convert from meters to feet (m to f) is a simple conversion. You can use 1 m = 3.28 ft or 1 m = 39.37 inches and just multiply.