an english measure of length equivalent to 12 inches
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Roman period, Roman Britain relied on Ancient Roman units of measurement. During the Anglo-Saxon period, the North German foot of 335 millimetres (13.2 inches) was the nominal basis for other units of linear measurement. The foot was divided into 4 palms or 12 thumbs. A cubit was 2 feet, an elne 4 feet. The rod was 15 Anglo-Saxon feet, the furlong 10 rods. An acre was 4 × 40 rods, i.e., 160 square rods or 36,000 square Anglo-Saxon feet. However, Roman units continued to be used in the construction crafts and reckoning by the Roman mile of 5000 feet or
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the adoption of a decimal system of coinage and of weights and measures. He proposed calling his base unit of length a "foot" which he suggested should be either or of the length of a pendulum that had a period of one second – that is or of the "standard" proposed by Wilkins over a century previously. This would have equated to 11.755 English inches (29.8 cm) or 13.06 English inches (33.1 cm). Like Wilkins, the names that he proposed for multiples and subunits of his base units of measure were the names of units of measure that were in
History of measurement
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Foot (unit) The foot ( feet; abbreviation: ft; symbol: ′, the prime symbol) is a unit of length in the imperial and US customary systems of measurement. Since 1959, both units have been defined by international agreement as equivalent to 0.3048 meters exactly. In both systems, the foot comprises 12 inches and three feet compose a yard. Historically the "foot" was a part of many local systems of units, including the Greek, Roman, Chinese, French, and English systems. It varied in length from country to country, from city to city, and sometimes from trade to trade. Its length was usually
Foot (unit)
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II . Its wording varies in surviving accounts. One reads: It is ordained that 3 grains of barley dry and round do make an inch, 12 inches make 1 foot, 3 feet make 1 yard, 5 yards and a half make a perch, and 40 perches in length and 4 in breadth make an acre. The Liber Horn states: And be it remembered that the iron yard of our Lord the King containeth 3 feet and no more, and a foot ought to contain 12 inches by the right measure of this yard measured, to wit, the 36th part of
Yard
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starting from the smallest size deemed practical, which is called size zero. It is not formally standardised. Note that the last is typically longer than the foot heel to toe length by about . A child's size zero is equivalent to 4 inches (a hand = 12 barleycorns = 10.16 cm), and the sizes go up to size (measuring barleycorns, or ). Thus, the calculation for a children's shoe size in the UK is: equivalent to An adult size one is then the next size up (26 barleycorns, or ) and each size up continues the progression in barleycorns. The
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15 old feet to 16 new feet.) In 1324 Edward II systematized units of length by defining the inch as 3 barleycorns, the foot as 12 inches, the yard as 3 feet, the perch as 5 yards, and the acre as an area 4 by 40 perches. Apart from the ell (45 inches or 114.3 cm, which continued to be used in the cloth trade) and the chain (introduced by Edmund Gunter in 1620, and used in land surveying), these units formed the basis of the units of length of the English system of measurement. The units were however redefined
Imperial and US customary measurement systems
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the furlong and the rood appear to be units related to ploughing procedures. Of particular interest was the rood which was 15 North German feet in length, the North German foot being equivalent to 335 mm (13.2 inches). Craftsmen, on the other hand used a shorter Roman foot. Standardization of weights and measures was a recurring issue for monarchs. In 965 AD, King Edgar decreed "that only one weight and one measure should pass throughout the King's dominion". In 1197 Richard I decreed that the measures of corn and pulse, and of wine and ale should be the same throughout
Imperial and US customary measurement systems
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cases, spring return pocket tape measures and long tape measures. Spring return pocket tape measures will generally fit in a pocket. They are small, the case is up to about three inches across. The tape is returned to the case by a spring mechanism. Pocket tape measures have a tape one foot to fifteen feet in length and ¼ to ¾ inches across. When most people think of a tape measure, they are thinking of the pocket tape measure. A second tape measure design is what is called the long tape. These are cased tape measures with tapes of 25,
Tape measure
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measures were aggregated by twelfths. Thus the Roman pound ('libra'), consisted of 12 ounces ("unciae") (1 uncia = 28 grams). A measure of volume, "congius", consisted of 12 heminae (1 hemina = 0.273 litres). The Roman foot ("pes"), was 12 inches ("unciae") (1 uncia = 2.43 cm). The "actus", the standard furrow length when plowing, was 120 "pedes". There were however other measures in common use - for example the "sextarius" was two "heminae". The "as", the principal copper coin in Roman currency, was also divided into 12 unciae. Again, the abacus was ideally suited for counting currency. The first
Roman abacus
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half make a perch, and 40 perches in length and 4 in breadth make an acre." An alternative reading from Liber Horn (as published in "Statutes of the Realm") states: "And be it remembered that the iron yard of our Lord the King containeth 3 feet and no more, and a foot ought to contain 12 inches by the right measure of this yard measured, to wit, the 36th part of this yard rightly measured maketh 1 inch neither more nor less and 5 yards and a half make a perch that is 16 feet and a half measured by
Composition of Yards and Perches
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drawing with a scale of "one-inch-to-the-foot" is equivalent to one foot in the real world (a scale of 1:12) whereas one inch measured from a drawing with a scale of "two-inches-to-the-foot" is equivalent to six inches in the real world (a scale of 1:6). It is not to be confused with a true unitless ratio. A 1:5 architectural scale (inches to feet) would be a 1:60 unitless scale (inches to inches) since there are 60 inches in 5 feet. Typical scales used in the United States are: The following scales are generally grouped in pairs using the same dual-numbered index
Scale ruler
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Inch per second The inch per second is a unit of speed or velocity. It expresses the distance in inches ("in") traveled or displaced, divided by time in seconds ("s", or "sec"). The equivalent SI unit is the metre per second. Abbreviations include in/s, in/sec, ips, and less frequently in s. 1 inch per second is equivalent to: 1 metre per second ≈ 39.370079 inches per second (approximately)<br> 1 foot per second = 12 inches per second (exactly)<br> 1 mile per hour = 17.6 inches per second (exactly)<br> 1 kilometre per hour ≈ 10.936133 inches per second (approximately) In magnetic
Inch per second
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to mm or about . It has also been cited as exactly 0.188 mm. The Fournier point was established by Pierre Simon Fournier in 1737. The system of Fournier was based on a foot, 1 foot equals 12 inches, 1 inch ("pouce") was divided into 12 lines ("lignes") and 1 line was further divided into 6 typographic points ("points typographiques"). 1 point Fournier = 0.0135 inches. Fournier printed a reference scale of 144 points over two inches; however, it was too rough to accurately measure a single point. The Didot point, established by François-Ambroise Didot in 1783, was an attempt
Point (typography)
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Cypriot units of measurement A number of different units of measurement were used in Cyprus to measure quantities like length, mass, area and capacity. Before the Metric system, the British system was used. In between 1972-1974, metric system was adopted in Cyprus. A number of units were used with British system. One pic is equel to 2 foot (0.6096 m) as an accepted equivalence. A number of units were used to measure mass. One oke (Uqqa) was equal to 2.8 pound av (1.27006 kg) as an accepted equivalent. One moosa (hundredweight) was equal to 50.700 kg as an accepted equivalent.
Cypriot units of measurement
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form of the Greek word "stadion" ("στάδιον"), a measure of length equalling the length of 600 human feet. As feet are of variable length the exact length of a stadion depends on the exact length adopted for 1 foot at a given place and time. Although in modern terms 1 stadion = , in a given historical context it may actually signify a length up to 15% larger or smaller. The equivalent Roman measure, the stadium, had a similar length – about – but instead of being defined in feet was defined using the Roman standard passus to be a
Stadium
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known remaining application of the link is in the service of some surveying in the United States, which relates then to the definition of the survey foot. During most of its useful life, a modern degree of precision in the link's measure was neither expected nor possible. For historical purpose, though, we can establish three highly accurate conversions to SI equivalents. Link (unit) The link (usually abbreviated as "l.", "li." or "lnk."), sometimes called a Gunter’s link, is a unit of length formerly used in many English-speaking countries. A link is exactly of a foot, or exactly 7.92 inches or
Link (unit)
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Paris inch The Paris inch or pouce is an archaic unit of length that, among other uses, was common for giving the measurement of lenses. The Paris inch could be subdivided into 12 Paris lines ("ligne"), and 12 Paris inches made a Paris foot. The Paris foot, Paris inch and Paris line could be abbreviated with the prime symbol ( ′ ), double prime symbol ( ″ ), and triple prime symbol ( ‴ ) respectively, like some other inch and foot units. The Paris inch is longer than the English inch and the Vienna inch, although the Vienna inch
Paris inch
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century BC, refers to the tallies of various specified lengths used between the emperor and his generals for confidential communication. For example, the tally used to report a conquest in war had a length of one Chinese foot, that to report a victory in battle had a length of nine Chinese inches, that for reporting the occupation of an enemy city was eight Chinese inches long, and so on. (2003:85) The "Huangdi yinfujing" classic has been translated into English, French, Italian, Portuguese, German, Russian, and Japanese. The first English versions were published during the Victorian era. Frederic H. Balfour initially
Huangdi Yinfujing
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technology was marketed as "Corelite" and is now trademarked as "Armorclad." Sea Snarks (currently "Super Snarks" or "Super Sea Snark) have a monohull length of eleven feet; beam of thirty-eight inches; draft of .17 foot; and weight capacity of 310 lb. Features include a lateen-rigged nylon sail of 45 square feet; aluminum mast, spar, and boom; wood rudder and an integral center sleeve molded into the hull to support a removable wood dagger board. With an overall depth of 12 inches, the sailboat can be stored upright in a depth of 12 inches, and the boat is described as "car-toppable."
Snark sailboat
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Language". His proposal envisaged a system of units in which the base unit of length was defined by a pendulum that had a period of one second, and the base unit of mass was defined by a cube of rainwater having sides equal to the base unit of length. He recycled the existing names of units of measure, so that there were 10 lines in an inch, 10 inches in a foot, and so on. A century later, his concept of defining unit mass in terms of a cube of water with edges of unit length was one of the
Metrication in the United Kingdom
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body measure on average long with an average tail length of . This tail is flat in appearance. Body weight varies across studies and habitats and ranges from . The length of the hind foot is 35–49 mm with a braincase measuring only 24–25 mm. The length of the mandible is variable in the range of 31.0 to 33.9 mm. "Xerus rutilus" is a member of the Xerini tribe, but differs from its sister group Xerus daamsi. Both are separate and distinct from the North African equivalent Atlantoxerus. Vibrissae (whiskers) length and brain size are both smaller than arboreal squirrels
Unstriped ground squirrel
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corner, once used to measure cloth and other commodities in the adjacent market-place. The shaft of the 17th-century Kincardine mercat cross stands in the square of Fettercairn, and is notched to show the measurements of an ell. Scottish measures were made obsolete, and English measurements made standard in Scotland, by act of parliament in 1824. The Scottish ell was equivalent to: Ells are used for measuring the length of rope in J. R. R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings". In the epic poem Sir Gwaine and the Green Knight, the Green Knight's axe head was an ell (45 inches)
Ell
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Matthew 6:27 Matthew 6:27 is the twenty-seventh verse of the sixth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament and is part of the Sermon on the Mount. This verse continues the discussion of worry about material provisions. In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: The World English Bible translates the passage as: For a collection of other versions see here: In the original Greek this verse speaks of adding one cubit, a word and a measure of length derived from the forearm. It was usually equivalent to about 46 centimetres or 18 inches.
Matthew 6:27
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Christopher Wren. Christiaan Huygens had observed that length to be 38 Rijnland inches or 39.26 English inches; that is, 997mm. No official action was taken regarding these suggestions. In 1670 Gabriel Mouton, Bishop of Lyon, also suggested a universal length standard with decimal multiples and divisions, to be based on a one-minute angle of the Earth's meridian arc or (as the Earth's circumference was not easy to measure) on a pendulum with a two-second period. In 1675, the Italian scientist Tito Livio Burattini, in his work ', used the phrase ' ("universal measure"), derived from the Greek ("métron katholikón"), to
Metre
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to be the standard measure. For naval rifles, the initial change was to actual bore, thus facilitating the manufacture of standard projectiles. They then began to measure the effective length (and therefore range) of the weapon in calibers. These were (and are) a measure of the standardized bore of the barrel versus the rifled bore of the barrel. In other words, a 12/45 is 12"×45= the length of the rifled bore of that gun in inches. This explains the differences in both penetration and long range performance of various naval rifles over the years. In addition to the possible improvements
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formats and designs had been in place in the French army, de Vallière standardized the French sizes in artillery pieces, by allowing only for the production of 24 (Canon de 24), 12, 8 and 4 pound guns (the weight is the weight of the cannonballs), mortars of 12 and 8 French inches, and stone-throwing mortars of 15 French inches. The French pound weighing 1.097 English pounds, the French guns fired slightly heavier balls (13.164 pounds) than their English equivalent 12-pounder. The French inch was 2.707 cm, slightly longer than the English inch of 2.54 cm. The de Vallière system used
Florent-Jean de Vallière
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Sri Lankan jackal The Sri Lankan jackal ("Canis aureus naria"), also known as the Southern Indian jackal is a subspecies of golden jackal native to southern India and Sri Lanka. On the Asian mainland, the Sri Lankan jackal occurs in the whole southern part of the Indian peninsula, from Thana near Bombay in the northwest southwards through the Western Ghats, Mysore, the Eastern Ghats and Mandura. It occurs in all of Sri Lanka. In southern India, adult males measure on average 29 inches in length, while females measure 26½ inches. Weight ranges 12-19 lbs. In Sri Lanka, they can attain
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then an equivalent measurement is "1.00 cm Hg". This example demonstrates why there is some confusion surrounding pressure head and its relationship to pressure. Scientists frequently use columns of water (or mercury) to measure pressure (manometric pressure measurement), since for a given fluid, pressure head is proportional to pressure. Measuring pressure in units of "mm of mercury" or "inches of water" makes sense for instrumentation, but these raw measurements of head must frequently be converted to more convenient pressure units using the equations above to solve for pressure. In summary pressure head is a measurement of length, which can be
Pressure head
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composed of the ale filling an equivalent container; and the wine gallon was composed of the wine weighing an equivalent amount to a full gallon of grain. In measures of length, the quarter (qr.) was ¼ of a yard, formerly an important measure in the cloth trade. 3 qr. was a Flemish ell, 4 quarters were a yard, 5 qr. was an (English) ell, and 6 qr. was an aune or French ell. Each quarter was made up of 4 nails. Its metric equivalent was formerly reckoned as about 0.228596 m, but the International Yard and Pound Agreement set it
Quarter (unit)
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illustrated board covers and no dust jacket. The volumes measure 8 × 5 inches, with an average length of 156 pages. There is more space between lines of print. Illustrations by Cliff Schule have more shading and detail; some are a two-page spread in full color. These Tween Age Books are not numbered. Western Publishing reprinted the series as paperbacks in 1978. The paperbacks went through enough editions for the price printed on the cover to go from 95¢ to $1.25. Golden Press Meg paperbacks measure 7 × 4 inches, with an average length of 138 pages. The covers have
Meg Duncan
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Fistmele Fistmele, also known as the "brace height", is an older term used in archery to describe the correct distance (about seven inches, for a Northern European or English longbow) between a bow and its string. The term itself is a Saxon word (suffix "-mele" referring to the old form of the archaic sense of as "measure") indicating the measure of a clenched hand with the thumb extended. Different brace heights may be obtained from the same length of string by twisting it around before affixing it to the bow. A proper height helps to reduce noise upon the release
Fistmele
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Spikes measure 2-4 × 1 cm (0.8-1.6 × 0.4 inches), while floral bracts are 1.4-1.7 cm (0.45-0.68 inches) in length. Fruits measure 2.5–3 cm (1.0-1.2 inches) in diameter. Tillandsia bartramii Tillandsia bartramii, commonly known as Bartram's airplant, is a species of flowering plant in the bromeliad family. It is native to Florida, South Carolina and southern Georgia in the United States as well as Guatemala and Mexico (Tamaulipas, Oaxaca, Guerrero, Jalisco, San Luis Potosí). The name honours William Bartram (1739 – 1823), an early Florida naturalist. Plants form clumps 20–40 cm (8-16 inches) in diameter. There are 15-30 gray leaves,
Tillandsia bartramii
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277.42 cubic inches (4.546 litres). Twenty imperial fluid ounces make an imperial pint, the imperial fluid ounce being 0.96 US fluid ounces. The US Customary system of units makes use of set of dry units of capacity that have a similar set of names to those of liquid capacity, though different volumes - the dry pint having a volume of 33.6 cubic inches (550 ml) against the US fluid pint's volume of 28.875 cubic inches (473 ml) and the imperial pint of 34.68 cubic inches (568 ml). The imperial system of measure does not have an equivalent to the US
Imperial and US customary measurement systems
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gloved virtually at all times. The length of ladies' evening gloves are referred to in terms of "buttons", whether they in fact have buttons or not. The word is derived from French, and the exact measure is actually a bit longer than one inch. Wrist length gloves are usually eight-button, those at the elbow are 16, mid-biceps are 22 and full shoulder length are 30. Opera gloves are between 16 and 22 inches long, though some gloves can be as long as 29 or 30 inches. To fit oneself for gloves, measure all around the hand at the widest part
Evening glove
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Wa (unit) Wa ( , also "waa" or "wah", abbreviated ) is a unit of length, equal to two metres (2 m) or four (.) "Wa" as a verb means to outstretch (one's) arms to both sides, which relates to the fathom's distance between the fingertips of a man's outstretched arms. The 1833 Siamese-American Treaty of Amity and Commerce, reads, "[The] Siamese fathom...being computed to contain 78 English or American inches, corresponding to 96 es." The length then would have been equivalent to a modern 1.981 metres. Since conversion to the metric system in 1923, the length as derived from
Wa (unit)
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individuals of the prairie dog populations. Gunnison's prairie dog Gunnison's prairie dog ("Cynomys gunnisoni") is one of five species of the prairie dog. This species belongs to the squirrel family of rodents, and are predominantly related to the North American and Eurasian ground squirrels. Gunnison's prairie dogs are primarily distributed in the Four Corners region of the United States. Gunnison's prairie dogs are 12 to 14 inches (30 to 37 centimeters) in length and have tails that measure 1.25 to 2.25 inches (3 to 6 centimeters). This species weighs from 1.5 to 2.5 lbs (0.5 to 1 kg). On average,
Gunnison's prairie dog
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Gunnison's prairie dog Gunnison's prairie dog ("Cynomys gunnisoni") is one of five species of the prairie dog. This species belongs to the squirrel family of rodents, and are predominantly related to the North American and Eurasian ground squirrels. Gunnison's prairie dogs are primarily distributed in the Four Corners region of the United States. Gunnison's prairie dogs are 12 to 14 inches (30 to 37 centimeters) in length and have tails that measure 1.25 to 2.25 inches (3 to 6 centimeters). This species weighs from 1.5 to 2.5 lbs (0.5 to 1 kg). On average, males are larger in size than
Gunnison's prairie dog
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Atheris desaixi Atheris desaixi is a venomous viper species endemic to Kenya, where only two isolated populations are known. It is known for its striking black and yellow coloration. No subspecies are currently recognized. This species is named in honor of Frank De Saix, an American Peace Corps volunteer who collected the first specimen. Adults are an average 40–60 cm (about 16-24 inches) in total length (body + tail), with a maximum total length of . Newborns measure 17–22 cm (6.7-8.7 inches) in total length. In Ashe's original 1968 description, adults were reported to grow to an average 49–68 cm
Atheris desaixi
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Models 138B (blued slide), 138SS (stainless slide). Double-action only trigger. Weight 18.7 ounces, length: 6.125 inches, width: 1.232 inches, height: 4.917 inches, 6-groove 3.25-inch barrel with 1:9.84-per-inch rate of twist, 10-round magazine. Models 138BP (blued slide, 10-round magazine), 138BP-12 (blued slide, 12-round magazine), 138SSP (stainless slide, 10-round magazine), 138SSP-12 (stainless slide, 12-round magazine). single-action/double-action trigger, Heinie sights with ‘Straight-8’ rear. Weight: 18.7 ounces, length: 6.125 inches, width: 1.232 inches, height: 4.917 inches, 6-groove 3.25-inch barrel with 1:9.84-inch rate of twist. .40 S&W caliber. Models 140B (blued slide), 140SS (stainless slide). Double-action only trigger. Weight 18.7 ounces, length: 6.25 inches, width:
Taurus Millennium series
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and its fundamental frequency measured, allowing the calculation of the mass and thus the linear density. Given the linear density and weight the yarn length can be calculated; for example: , where is the yarn length in meters, is the English cotton count and is the yarn weight in kilograms. The following length units are defined: Mommes (mm), traditionally used to measure silk fabrics, the weight in pounds of a piece of fabric "if" it were sized 45 inches by 100 yards (1.2 m by 90 m). One momme = 4.340 g/m²; 8 mommes is approximately 1 ounce per square
Units of textile measurement
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comparable handling. Because the early standardization was dominated by American EIA standards the dimensions of the MLCC chips were standardized by EIA in units of inches. A rectangular chip with the dimensions of 0.06 inch length and 0.03 inch width is coded as "0603". This code is international and in common use. JEDEC (IEC/EN), devised a second, metric code. The EIA code and the metric equivalent of the common sizes of multilayer ceramic chip capacitors, and the dimensions in mm are shown in the following table. Missing from the table is the measure of the height "H". This is generally
Ceramic capacitor
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Great Pyramid" (1864), claiming that the measurements he obtained from the Great Pyramid of Giza indicated a unit of length, the pyramid inch, equivalent to 1.001 British inches, that could have been the standard of measurement by the pyramid's architects. From this he extrapolated a number of other measurements, including the pyramid pint, the sacred cubit, and the pyramid scale of temperature. Smyth claimed—and presumably believed—that the inch was a God-given measure handed down through the centuries from the time of Israel, and that the architects of the pyramid could only have been directed by the hand of God. To
Pseudoscientific metrology
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networks as long as they satisfy the two definitional requirements above. Network small-worldness has been quantified by a small-coefficient, formula_2, calculated by comparing clustering and path length of a given network to an equivalent random network with same degree on average. Another method for quantifying network small-worldness utilizes the original definition of the small-world network comparing the clustering of a given network to an equivalent lattice network and its path length to an equivalent random network. The small-world measure (formula_7) is defined as Where the characteristic path length "L" and clustering coefficient "C" are calculated from the network you are
Small-world network
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square units that can be calculated as: 3 metres x 2 metres = 6 m. This is equivalent to 6 million square millimetres. Other useful conversions are: In non-metric units, the conversion between two square units is the square of the conversion between the corresponding length units. the relationship between square feet and square inches is where 144 = 12 = 12 × 12. Similarly: In addition, conversion factors include: There are several other common units for area. The are was the original unit of area in the metric system, with: Though the are has fallen out of use, the
Area
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Blue striped grunt The blue striped grunt ("Haemulon sciurus") or bluestriped grunt, is a subtropical species of grunt native to the western Atlantic Ocean. It was described by the English naturalist George Shaw in 1803. Its common name comes from its blue stripes and from its habit of grunting by grinding its pharyngeal teeth. The swim bladder, acting as a resonator, amplifies this sound. The blue striped grunt commonly grows to a length of 20 to 25 cm (8 to 10 inches), and its maximum recorded length is 46 cm (18 inches). The maximum reported age is 12 years. It
Blue striped grunt
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the enemy courtyard; 4) Knock the enemy tower over/out of the way, and land a projectile (spy) on the secret treasure beneath it. Players are also encouraged to pick one or more winning goals, or use their imagination to create their own set of rules. Measure out a width of 39 inches and length of 59 inches on the floor/table. This will be the play area. Measure out twelve inches from each side of the area. This area will be the players' camps. Players then set up their camp. The only rule regarding piece placement is that no Hero or
Crossbows and Catapults
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same concept that names like "general-purpose" and "multipurpose" reflect. Extended-reach or long-series drills are commonly called aircraft-length from their original use in manufacturing riveted aluminum aircraft. For bits thicker than a minimum size such as 1/8 inch, they are available in fixed lengths such as 6, 8, 12, or 18 inches rather than the progressive lengths of jobber drills. The image shows a long-series drill compared to its diametric equivalents, all are in diameter. The equivalent Morse taper drill shown in the middle is of the usual length for a taper-shank drill. The lower drill bit is the "jobber" or
Drill bit sizes
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Tillandsia bartramii Tillandsia bartramii, commonly known as Bartram's airplant, is a species of flowering plant in the bromeliad family. It is native to Florida, South Carolina and southern Georgia in the United States as well as Guatemala and Mexico (Tamaulipas, Oaxaca, Guerrero, Jalisco, San Luis Potosí). The name honours William Bartram (1739 – 1823), an early Florida naturalist. Plants form clumps 20–40 cm (8-16 inches) in diameter. There are 15-30 gray leaves, which measure 15-40 × 0.2-0.5 cm (6-16 × 0.08-0.20 inches). Inflorescences are 8–15 cm (3.2-6.0 inches) in length, 2–4 mm (0.08-0.16 inches) in diameter, and have 5-20 flowers.
Tillandsia bartramii
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the 1980 Thunderbird shed 17.3 inches in length, 4.4 inches in width, and 5.6 inches in wheelbase from its 1979 predecessor; depending on powertrain, the Thunderbird was up to 1,400 pounds lighter. Serving as one of the most extensively downsized model ranges in the American automotive industry, in only four model years, the Thunderbird shed 25.1 inches of length, 5.8 inches of width, and 12 inches of wheelbase; in total, the Thunderbird lost nearly 1,900 pounds from 1976 to 1980. In comparison to the 1958-1960 generation, the 1980 Thunderbird is approximately five inches shorter in length and four inches shorter
Ford Thunderbird (eighth generation)
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low in a bush and consists of leaves stitched together with webs, lined with hair and having an entrance on the side. It lays 3 to 5 glossy, somewhat oval-shaped eggs. They vary in colour from brick-red to rich chestnut. The broad end of the egg is generally darker than the remainder of the shell, and exhibits a cap or zone. The eggs measure 0.6 to 0.68 inches in length, and 0.45 to 0.5 in breadth. They hatch in about 12 days. The breeding season varies with locality and has been recorded around the year, but mostly after the monsoons.
Ashy prinia
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the tube. Tubes are not used on digital cameras, but the same specifications are used. Apart from the width- and diagonal-based 35 mm equivalent focal length definitions, there is a third definition: "EFL" = 50 "f" /"d" mm. However, it is not clear to what extent this definition is used. 35 mm equivalent focal length In photography, the 35 mm equivalent focal length is a measure that indicates the angle of view of a particular combination of a camera lens and film or sensor size. The term is useful because most photographers experienced with interchangeable lenses are most familiar with
35 mm equivalent focal length
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x 0.75 inches wide x 0.4375 inches high. Carved wooden rattlebacks are described with a measurement of 5.5 to 6 inches in length. One plastic rattleback made and sold by Charles W. Sherburne is described as 12 inches in length. Glass rattlebacks, and those made of spoons, are described as being tested with unreported measurements. Larger rattlebacks (up to 8 feet long and 16 inches wide) are made on request by Emmanuel Peluchon for science museums. Two rattleback design types exist. They have either an asymmetrical base with a skewed rolling axis, or a symmetrical base with offset weighting at
Rattleback
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a tire size has three sets of numbers (15x6.00-6, 26x12.00-12, 31x15.50-15), then the first number (26x12.00-12) is the approximate height in inches, the second number (26x12.00-12) is the approximate width in inches, and the third number (26x12.00-12) is the rim diameter in inches. The Load Range Letter on light-truck tires indicates their ply rating. The load index on a passenger-car tire is a numerical code stipulating the maximum load (mass, or weight) each tire can carry. For Load Range "B" tires, ETRTO (ISO-Metric) standards specify the load index rating at an inflation pressure of (table below), while P-Metric standards measure
Tire code
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first specimen was discovered near Alice Springs, while Gilbert was on a scientific mission to Australia. The average adult would measure about 10–11 inches, according to official measurement by John Gould. The body without the tail would be about 4 inches in length in adults. The tail without the body would be about 6–7 inches in length in adults. The mouse had a grey coat with pink ears, large black eyes, and a long pink tail with bristles of hair on it. Unlike its relatives such as the short-tailed hopping mouse, the great hopping mouse, and the Mitchell's hopping mouse,
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units (120 mm or 80 mm case fans, for example), while hard disk drive and CD drive bay widths are customary measurements, typically 3 inches and 5 inches, respectively. Consumer-size photographic film is commonly sold in a 35 mm standard (24x36 mm negative), although print sizes and large format films are defined in inches. Digital camera sensor sizes are measured in an archaic manner indicating inverse fractions of an inch representing the diameter of an equivalent vidicon tube. For example, a 1/1.6" sensor is larger than a 1/2.5" sensor. However, lenses are marked in terms of focal length in millimeters
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25 Irish counties commissioned maps at scales of one or two inches per Irish mile but the County Mayo maps (1809–1830) were surveyed and drawn by William Bald in English miles and just rescaled to Irish miles for printing. The Ordnance Survey of Ireland, from its establishment in 1824, used English miles. Thomas Telford's Howth–Dublin Post Office extension of the London–Holyhead turnpike had its mileposts in English miles. Irish measure was formally abolished by the 1824 Weights and Measures Act but the Irish Post Office continued to use the measure until 1856. An 1800 act fixed the maximum penalty for
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in the world,” said to be “five feet” at the Chicago World's Fair. The sounding chamber of a whistle installed at the 1924 Long-Bell Lumber Company, Longview, Washington measured 16 inches diameter x 49 inches in length. The whistle bells of multi-bell chimes used on ocean liners such as the "RMS Titanic" measured 9, 12, and 15 inches diameter. The whistle bells of the Canadian Pacific steamships "Assiniboia" and "Keewatin" measured 12 inches in diameter and that of the Keewatin measured 60 inches in length. A multi-bell chime whistle installed at the Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Company in 1926 was composed
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leaf hairs that are fused into microscopic plates. The leaf blades are oval with smooth or toothed edges, and measure 2.5 to 3.5 centimeters (1.0-1.4 inches) in length. The fruit is an acorn with a cap up to 2 centimeters (0.8 inches) wide covered in light-colored scales and a cylindrical, round-ended nut up to 3 centimeters (1.2 inches) long. Quercus cornelius-mulleri Quercus cornelius-mulleri is a North American species of oak known by the common name Muller oak, or Muller's oak. It was described to science in 1981 when it was segregated from the "Quercus dumosa" complex and found to warrant
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28 inches, while 12-gauge guns were furnished with 30-inch length barrels. Special length barrels could be ordered in lengths as short as 20 inches, and as long as 36 inches. Along with various grades and barrel lengths, the Model 1897 came in two different chamberings. One was the 12 gauge and the other was the 16 gauge. The shells should be of the inch or inch model. Any shells larger are not recommended. An average Model 1897 can hold 6 shotgun shells in the magazine tube. When working the action of the Model 1897 the forend (fore grip) is pulled
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several point sizes, etc. Measuring instruments similar in function to rulers are made portable by folding (carpenter's folding rule) or retracting into a coil (metal tape measure) when not in use. When extended for use, they are straight, like a ruler. The illustrations on this page show a carpenter's rule, which folds down to a length of to easily fit in a pocket, and a tape, which retracts into a small housing. A flexible length measuring instrument which is not necessarily straight in use is the tailor's fabric tape measure, a length of tape calibrated in inches and centimeters. It
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volumes. Both are published by Kadokawa Shoten under their "Kadokawa Comics A" imprint. Viz Comics attempted to translate the series and publish it in America in a quarterly, perfect-bound magazine-sized format, although low sales very quickly ended the American run. Although Viz released 12 volumes of its English translation, they do not correspond with the Japanese volumes. The English volumes, with an average length between 100-130 pages were about half of that of the equivalent Japanese "tankōbon", which ran anywhere between 200-270. The length varied as some contained just four chapters, some contained an additional "special" shorter side story, and
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boy was given<br>a pair of scissorblades,<br>for his father was a tailor.<br>"Go and steal our father's tape measure,"<br>said the sister to her brother,<br>and with the scissorblades,<br>the little boy cut up his father's tape measure...<br>But the old man saw<br>and took his boy by the neck<br>as the sister watched with delight,<br>her brother forced through the night<br>to keep his mouth wide open<br>and in agony swallow<br>every last piece of the tape measure,<br>inch by inch, down his throat,<br>till nothing was left." Kill by Inches Kill by Inches is a 1999 independent film written and directed by Diane Doniol-Valcroze and Arthur Flam. The film premiered September 12,
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will be fragrant, whereas two fragrant progenitors will produce an all fragrant progeny. "Hippeastrum" hybrids and cultivars are valued for their large ornamental flowers, particularly for indoor cultivation during the northern hemisphere winter. The larger the bulb, the more flowers it will produce. The largest bulbs measure 14 to 16 inches (36 to 41 cm) in circumference and will produce three or more scapes (flower stems) with four or more blooms each. The commonest bulbs measure 10½ to 12½ inches (27 to 32 cm) with two scapes with four to six flowers each depending on the cultivar. Some bulbs put
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open their little mouths to sing, harmonize and chatter together on to the day a day a part. Colors include: Sing-a-ma-jigs Sing-a-ma-jigs were an American line of electronic, singing stuffed toys by Fisher-Price, first released in 2010. Each Sing-a-ma-jig is battery-powered, with two AAA batteries already included. They are soft, plush dolls with terrycloth mouths, and measure about 12 inches in length. The dolls make a variety of different noises when squeezed. Each "squeeze" causes the Sing-a-ma-jig to open its mouth to emit noise. The doll's mouth contains a set of plastic teeth that click together when closing. A Sing-a-ma-jig's
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(about 19-27 inches) total length, with a head and body length of 43–59 cm (about 17-23 inches) and a tail length of 6–9 cm (2.4-3.5 inches). The eyes are set well forward in the head and are surrounded by 14-17 scales. Interorbital scales number 8-11. The eye is separated from the nasal by two to three scales and from the supralabials by two. Upper labials: 10-12. Sublabials: 11-14. The rostral scale is not as wide as it is long, while its upper margin is highest at the center. The rostral is also accompanied by an even number of suprarostrals. The
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Sing-a-ma-jigs Sing-a-ma-jigs were an American line of electronic, singing stuffed toys by Fisher-Price, first released in 2010. Each Sing-a-ma-jig is battery-powered, with two AAA batteries already included. They are soft, plush dolls with terrycloth mouths, and measure about 12 inches in length. The dolls make a variety of different noises when squeezed. Each "squeeze" causes the Sing-a-ma-jig to open its mouth to emit noise. The doll's mouth contains a set of plastic teeth that click together when closing. A Sing-a-ma-jig's noises include songs, "jibber-jabber" made up of vowel sounds, different notes on the octave scale, a greeting, and a goodbye.
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of the Alborz Mountains. At Khorramabad, the average annual precipitation totals 530 millimetres (21 inches) of rainfall equivalent, while up to 1270 millimetres (50 inches) may fall on the highest mountains. The months June to September are usually absolutely dry, but Khorramabad can expect 4 inches of rainfall equivalent in December and January. Temperatures vary widely with the seasons and between day and night. At Khorramabad, summer temperatures typically range from a minimum of 12 °C (54 °F) to a hot maximum of 32 °C (90 °F). In winter, they range from a minimum of -2 °C (28 °F) to
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Mile The mile is an English unit of length of linear measure equal to 5,280 feet, or 1,760 yards, and standardised as exactly 1,609.344 metres by international agreement in 1959. With qualifiers, "mile" is also used to describe or translate a wide range of units derived from or roughly equivalent to the Roman mile, such as the nautical mile (now 1.852 km exactly), the Italian mile (roughly 1.852 km), and the Chinese mile (now 500 m exactly). The Romans divided their mile into 5,000 roman feet but the greater importance of furlongs in pre-modern England meant that the statute mile
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35 mm equivalent focal length In photography, the 35 mm equivalent focal length is a measure that indicates the angle of view of a particular combination of a camera lens and film or sensor size. The term is useful because most photographers experienced with interchangeable lenses are most familiar with the 35 mm film format. On any 35 mm film camera, a 28 mm lens is a wide-angle lens, and a 200 mm lens is a long-focus lens. However, now that digital cameras have mostly replaced 35 mm cameras, there is no uniform relation between the focal length of a
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Neapolitan Mastiff The Neapolitan Mastiff or Mastino () is a large, ancient dog breed. This massive breed is often used as a guard and defender of family and property due to their protective instincts and their fearsome appearance. According to the American Kennel Club (AKC) standard, male Neapolitan Mastiffs should measure 26–31 inches (66–79 cm) at the withers, weigh 130–155 pounds (60-70 kg), while females should measure 24–29 inches (61–74 cm) and weigh 110–130 pounds (50–60 kg). Body length should be 10–15% greater than height. The Neapolitan Mastiff is large and powerful. Their bodies are covered in loose skin with
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is also a market where the Ford Everest SUV is sold. For the 2007 model year, Ford introduced the extended-length Expedition EL/Max. With a wheelbase stretched 12 inches (to 131 inches) and a length increased 14.8 inches (to 221.3 inches) over the standard Expedition, the EL/Max is sized comparably to the Suburban/Yukon XL, providing additional cargo space over the standard-wheelbase version. The extended-length body of the EL/Max is distinguished by its longer cargo-area windows and its rear door design (the rear wheels no longer intrude into the lower half of the doors). Alongside the standard-length Ford Expedition, the EL/Max was
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Parallelogram In Euclidean geometry, a parallelogram is a simple (non-self-intersecting) quadrilateral with two pairs of parallel sides. The opposite or facing sides of a parallelogram are of equal length and the opposite angles of a parallelogram are of equal measure. The congruence of opposite sides and opposite angles is a direct consequence of the Euclidean parallel postulate and neither condition can be proven without appealing to the Euclidean parallel postulate or one of its equivalent formulations. By comparison, a quadrilateral with just one pair of parallel sides is a trapezoid in American English or a trapezium in British English. The
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differ by a non-zero multiple of a full turn are not equivalent. In order to measure an angle θ, a circular arc centered at the vertex of the angle is drawn, e.g. with a pair of compasses. The ratio of the length s of the arc by the radius r of the circle is the measure of the angle in radians. The measure of the angle in another angular unit is then obtained by multiplying its measure in radians by the scaling factor , where "k" is the measure of a complete turn in the chosen unit (for example 360
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concave and often has white markings. The horns usually are long and vertical.They typically measure from between 12 and 18 inches in length. The horns are also usually short and thick. It is believed that the Lohani originated from Lorali in Pakistan. The cattle are adapted to survive here as they are short and have relatively long legs to cross the uneven hills, which are typically between 3000 and 10,000 feet tall. Today, many cattle are found in the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan where they are called acchai cattle. Lohani cattle Lohani cattle (also known as acchai cattle)
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leading to an office area. This office area measured 10 feet in width by 26 feet-6 inches in length. The office had an asphalt tile floor. Adjacent to the entry door to the office area, was another door that opened into a storage room area. This room measured 12 feet in width by 26 feet-6 inches in length. The second entrance on the loading dock was a double-door entrance, and was 6 feet-4 inches in width. This entrance led into the same hallway as the first entrance. The entrance opened into the hallway about midway down the hall. A solid
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the belt terminated in 12-inch and transverse bulkheads respectively. The waterline belt extended forward at a thickness of 6 inches that reduced to in two steps. The funnel and boiler room ventilation shafts were surrounded by an armoured box long intended to prevent shells fired from behind the ship reaching 'X' magazine. The box narrowed at an angle of 21° as it rose and had a maximum thickness of 12 inches nearest to the magazine. Aft it reduced in a series of steps to , 6 inches, and . The armoured deck matched the length of the waterline belt and
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Swarmandal The swarmandal ( ) or Indian harp is a zither, originating from the Indian subcontinent, similar to the qanun that is today most commonly used as an accompanying instrument for vocal Indian classical music. The name combines "swara" (notes) and "mandal" (group), representing its ability to produce a large number of notes; it is also known popularly as "surmandal". Swarmandals measure from twenty-four to thirty inches in length and twelve to fifteen inches in width. The singer may choose to employ any number of strings from 21 to 36. The strings are hooked in a nail lodged in the
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include any equivalent of the English "of". In German, for example, "ein Glas Bier" means "a glass [of] beer". This is interesting since both languages are West Germanic languages, making them closely related to each other. However, the equivalent of the English "of" is common in Romance languages such as Spanish, French, and Portuguese. In Spanish "a glass of beer" is "un vaso de cerveza", in French it is "un verre de bière", and in Portuguese it is "um copo de cerveja". Measure word In linguistics, measure words are words (or morphemes) that are used in combination with a numeral
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measures 0.002 inches, the size of the bore is 4.002 inches. Bore gauge A bore gauge is a collective term for the tools that are unique to the process of accurately measuring holes. These are a range of gauges that are used to measure a bore's size, by transferring the internal dimension to a remote measuring tool. They are a direct equivalent of inside calipers and require the operator to develop the correct "feel" to obtain repeatable results. The gauges are "locked" by twisting the knurled end of the handles, this action is performed to exert a small amount of
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adjacent to rocks or under vegetation. When approached, they strike very rapidly, holding on to the captured prey (small birds and rodents) until the venom takes effect. In captivity, mating was observed in April and always occurred while the animals were buried in the sand. This species is oviparous, laying 8–23 eggs that hatch after 50 to 80 days of incubation. The eggs are laid under rocks and in abandoned rodent burrows. The hatchlings measure 12–15 cm (about 5-6 inches) in total length. "C. cerastes" venom is not very toxic, although it is reported to be similar in action to
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70 to 90 cm in length, will be long enough to reach the breastbone or sternum of the wearer; and longer still, a "pearl rope", measuring more than 45 inches or 115 cm in length, is any length that falls down farther than an "opera". Necklaces can also be classified as uniform, or graduated. In a uniform strand of pearls, all pearls are classified as the same size, but actually fall in a range. A uniform strand of akoya pearls, for example, will measure within 0.5 mm. So a strand will never be 7 mm, but will be 6.5–7 mm.
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Governor of Fort St. George, were acquired in the 1770s by George III. They measure: (overall) 57¼ inches high; 26½ inches wide; and 13½ inches deep. The cabinets are 36¾ inches high; 25 inches wide; and 11¾ inches deep. The English stands are 20½ inches high. John Dalling General Sir John Dalling, 1st Baronet (c. 1731 – 16 January 1798) was a British soldier and colonial administrator. Dalling was the son of John Dalling (1697-1744), of Bungay, Suffolk, by his wife Catherine (-1738), a daughter of Colonel William Windham (1673-1730), of Earsham, or Ersham, Norfolk (bought circa 1720, with South
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Love egg A love egg is a type of sensual vibrator that is egg or bullet shaped that is used for stimulation. They can also be referred to as egg vibrators or bullet vibrators, depending on their shape. Egg vibrators are included in the group of the small and discreet sex toys that measure 2–3 inches in length and ¾ inches in width. They are less expensive and typically not as strong as other wand style external vibrators but they are still fairly popular because they are discreet. The device of the love egg includes an egg- or bullet-shaped vibrating
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Gloydius ussuriensis Gloydius ussuriensis is a venomous pitviper species endemic to far east Russia, northeastern China and the Korean Peninsula. No subspecies are currently recognized. Adult males are 37–63 cm (14.6-24.8 inches) in total length, while adult females are 41-64.7 cm (16.1-25.5 inches). However, this information, provided by Emelianov (1929), included two males of 37 cm (14.6 in) each which may have been subadults; the next largest male was 41.8 cm (16.5 in). Based on these same data, tail length in males was 12-17% of total length, while that in females was 12-15% of total length. The scalation usually includes
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miles to the south-east. A preliminary measurement of the line was carried out with a steel chain prepared by Jesse Ramsden. It was the intention to measure more accurately with a set of three deal rods about 20 ft. in length but their use had to be abandoned because of their susceptibility to lengthen and shorten in wet weather. The deal rods were replaced by one-inch-thick glass tubes of the same length. The final measurement gives the length of the base as 27404.7 ft. to an accuracy of about 3 inches in 5 miles (or about 1/100,000). The precision of
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metre (as well as to some other length units which were then in use, such as the yard). However, it was soon discovered that the length of a seconds pendulum varies from place to place: French astronomer Jean Richer had measured the 0.3% difference in length between Cayenne (in French Guiana) and Paris. Jean Richer and Giovanni Domenico Cassini measured the parallax of Mars between Paris and Cayenne in French Guiana when Mars was at its closest to Earth in 1672. They arrived at a figure for the solar parallax of 91/2 inches, equivalent to an Earth–Sun distance of about
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(16-40 inches) in height, and known to exceed 2 meters (80 inches) at times. The erect stems have a woody base and are mostly hairless, but may be sparsely hairy near the ends of the branches. The narrow, widely spaced leaves are linear or lance-shaped and smooth-edged or slightly serrated, and measure 1.5 to 6.5 centimeters in length but only a few millimeters in width. They are glandular and hairless or with few hairs. The inflorescence is an elongated cluster of many flower heads containing twenty to thirty or more male or female flowers. The fruit is a hairy achene
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Rainy daisy A rainy daisy is a style of walking skirt worn during the "Gay Nineties" (1890–1900). The skirts were trimmed to be 2–3 inches off the ground and were worn by members of the "Rainy Day Club". They were so-called because their shorter length meant that, by not trailing and soaking up water, they were easier to keep dry in wet weather. An alternative source for the name suggests that they were called after Daisy Miller, the eponymous heroine of a novella by Henry James. At their shortest, the skirts could measure six inches off the ground, which was
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(9 inches) was known as the "quarter" without further qualification, while the sixteenth of a yard (2.25 inches) was called a nail. The eighth of a yard (4.5 inches) was sometimes called a finger, but was more commonly referred to simply as an eighth of a yard, while the half-yard (18 inches) was called "half a yard". Other units related to the yard, but not specific to cloth measurement: two yards are a fathom, a quarter of a yard (when not referring to cloth) is a span. Yard The yard (abbreviation: yd) is an English unit of length, in both
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more organs in the world with stops on 50 inches, but these are 8-foot solo trumpet or tuba stops. 100 inches wind pressure (equivalent to 3.56 psi or 0.25 bars) is about 30 times more than a normal organ stop (even high-pressure stops usually only stand on 10 to 12 inches). The organ has four stops on 100 inches (also known as the "Big Reeds") and ten stops on 50 inches wind pressure: Apart from the aforementioned stops on record wind pressure, almost every division stands on at least 15 inches wind pressure, except for the Choir which stands on
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ascender to the lowest descender, is scaled to equal the specified size. For example, when setting Helvetica at 12 point, the em square defined in the Helvetica font is scaled to 12 points or ⅙ in (). Yet no particular element of 12-point Helvetica need measure exactly 12 points. Frequently measurement in non-typographic units (feet, inches, meters) will be of the "cap-height", the height of the capital letters. Font size is also commonly measured in millimeters (mm) and "q"s (a quarter of a millimeter, "kyu" in romanized Japanese) and inches. Type foundries have cast fonts in lead alloys from the
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described the interior measurement of a "Parrah" as a perfect cube of 11.571 inches, and the seer as a cylinder of depth 4.35 inches and diameter 4.35 inches. Sri Lankan units of measurement A number of different units of measurement were used in Sri Lanka to measure quantities like length, mass and capacity from very ancient times. Under the British Empire, imperial units became the official units of measurement and remained so until Sri Lanka adopted the metric system in the 1970s. Various units were used in Sri Lanka at different times and some only in certain regions. Some of
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are wound onto spools. The spools may be sold as-is or cut to length depending on the intended use. Other machines cut the pipe cleaners to length as they come off the machines. Smoking pipe cleaners are usually 15 – 17 cm (6 – 7 inches) long. Craft ones are often 30 cm (12 inches) and can be up to 50 cm (20 inches).The diameter comes in 4 mm; 6 mm; and 15 mm sizes Jumbo pipe cleaners have a 30 mm diameter with lengths of 18 inches and 6.5 feet. Pipe cleaner A pipe cleaner or chenille stem is
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As 231 cubic inches were considered to make up a wine gallon, the measure was about 242¼ L. The ale gallon was 282 cubic inches, meaning the quarter of ale was about 295¾ L. Cardarelli also claims it can vary from 17–30 imperial gallons for liquor. Quarter (unit) The quarter ( "one-fourth") is used as the name of several distinct English units based on ¼ sizes of some base unit. The "quarter of London" mentioned by the Magna Carta as the national standard measure for wine, ale, and grain was ¼ ton or tun. It continued to be used, e.g.,
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Line length In typography, line length is the width of a block of typeset text, usually measured in units of length like inches or points or in characters per line (in which case it is a measure). A block of text or paragraph has a maximum line length that fits a determined design. If the lines are too short then the text becomes disjointed; if they are too long the content loses rhythm as the reader searches for the start of each line. Line length is determined by typographic parameters based on a formal grid and template with several goals
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length of a seconds pendulum varies from place to place: French astronomer Jean Richer had measured the 0.3% difference in length between Cayenne (in French Guiana) and Paris. Jean Richer and Giovanni Domenico Cassini measured the parallax of Mars between Paris and Cayenne in French Guiana when Mars was at its closest to Earth in 1672. They arrived at a figure for the solar parallax of 91/2 inches, equivalent to an Earth–Sun distance of about 22000 Earth radii. They were also the first astronomers to have access to an accurate and reliable value for the radius of Earth, which had
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brandy, spirits, mead, cider, vinegar, oil, honey, and so on, were also measured and sold in these units. The wine gallon was re-established by Queen Anne in 1707 after a 1688 survey found the Exchequer no longer possessed the necessary standard but had instead been depending on a copy held by the Guildhall. Defined as 231 cubic inches, it differs from the later imperial gallon, but is equal to the United States customary gallon. The Winchester measure, also known as the corn measure, centered on the bushel of approximately 2,150.42 cubic inches, which had been in use with only minor
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shoulder back by only 0.001 to 0.002 inches when resizing the case. In contrast to full-length resizing of bottleneck rifle cartridges, which can rapidly thin out the wall thickness of bottleneck rifle cartridges due to case stretching that occurs each time when fired, partial length re-sizing of the bottleneck case that pushes shoulders back only a few thousandths of an inch will often permit a case to be safely reloaded 5 times or more, even up to 10 times, or more for very light loads. Similarly, by using modified case gauges, it is possible to measure precisely the distance from
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Carolina. "Stagmomantis carolina" is native to South America, Central America and North America. Southern United States, Central-Southeastern USA, Buenos Aires Mexico, Panama, Trinidad, Venezuela, Suriname Belize, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, French Guiana, and Guatemala. Adult females are 47 to 60 millimeters(2-2.5 Inches) in length while adult males are usually about 54 millimeters(2.2 Inches) in length. 1st instar nymphs are 7-12 millimeters(.028-.047 Inches) in length. When the nymphs eat more their abdomens get much longer. The Carolina mantis has a dusty brown, gray, or green color useful as camouflage in certain environments. The Carolina mantis' color varies because the nymphs are able
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to an accuracy of 10 in. (2.5 μm). As with other pendulum gravity measurements, he had to apply small corrections to the result for a number of variable factors: He gave his result as the length of the seconds pendulum. After corrections, he found that the mean length of the solar seconds pendulum at London, at sea level, at , swinging in vacuum, was 39.1386 inches. This is equivalent to a gravitational acceleration of 9.81158 m/s. The largest variation of his results from the mean was . This represented a precision of gravity measurement of 0.7×10 (7 milligals). In 1824,
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inches) somewhere between 2004 and 2009. Confusingly, some 171.25 mm magazine setups are marketed and referred to as 170 mm while they in reality measure 171.25 mm, making their configuration illegal for IPSC competitions. Since the magazine tubes themselves always are shorter than 170 mm, the overall magazine length will be dependent on the particular basepad used. I.e. using a 167 mm long magazine tube with a 3 mm basepad would yield an overall length of 170 mm making its configuration approved for international competition, while a 167 mm magazine tube with a 4 mm basepad would yield an overall
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