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  2. List of gauge conversions - Wikipedia

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    This began a progressive and gradual conversion to standard gauge across Colorado, wherever the traffic justified the conversion 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) 1,524 mm (5 ft) 1886 United States AN ACT to establish the gauge of the Pacific railroad and its branches.

  3. Shaku (unit) - Wikipedia

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    Shaku (Japanese: 尺) or Japanese foot [1] [2] is a Japanese unit of length derived (but varying) from the Chinese chi, originally based upon the distance measured by a human hand from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the forefinger [3] [a] (compare span). Traditionally, the length varied by location or use, but it is now standardized as 10/ ...

  4. Japanese units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    They were imposed and adjusted at various times by local and imperial statutes. The details of the system have varied over time and location in Japan's history. [3] Japan signed the Treaty of the Metre in 1885, with its terms taking effect in 1886. [4]

  5. Shoe size - Wikipedia

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    The recent formula used by the Brannock device assumes a foot length of 2 barleycorns less than the length of the last; thus, men's size 1 is equivalent to a last's length of 8 + 1 ⁄ 3 in (21.17 cm) and foot's length of 7 + 2 ⁄ 3 in (19.47 cm), and children's size 1 is equivalent to 4 + 1 ⁄ 4 in (10.8 cm) last's length and 3 + 7 ⁄ 12 in ...

  6. Taiwanese units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    feet Metric US & Imperial Notes Taiwanese Hokkien Hakka Mandarin Character Exact Approx. Exact Approx. Hun: Fûn: Fēn: 分: 1 ⁄ 100 ⁠ 1 / 330 ⁠ m: 3.030 mm ⁠ 125 / 37,719 ⁠ yd: 0.1193 in Same as Japanese Bu: Chhùn: Chhun: Cùn: 寸: 1 ⁄ 10 ⁠ 1 / 33 ⁠ m: 3.030 cm ⁠ 1250 / 37,719 ⁠ yd: 1.193 in Taiwanese inch; Same as ...

  7. 2 ft 6 in gauge railways in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Two foot: 610 mm (2 ft) Two foot three inch: 686 mm (2 ft 3 in) 750 mm: 750 mm (2 ft 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) Bosnian gauge: 760 mm (2 ft 5 + 15 ⁄ 16 in) Two foot six inch: 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) Swedish three foot: 891 mm (2 ft 11 + 3 ⁄ 32 in) 900 mm: 900 mm (2 ft 11 + 7 ⁄ 16 in) Three foot: 914 mm (3 ft) Italian metre: 950 mm (3 ft 1 + 13 ⁄ 32 in ...

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  9. List of conversion factors - Wikipedia

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    Time of 9 192 631 770 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between the two hyperfine levels of the ground state of the caesium-133 atom at 0 K [8] (but other seconds are sometimes used in astronomy). Also that time it takes for light to travel a distance of 299 792 458 metres. (SI base unit) shake: ≡ 10 −8 s = 10 ns ...