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  2. Traditional French units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    12.7 dm 3: 2.8 imp gal 2.9 U.S. dry gal Although etymologically related to the English unit bushel, the French bushel is about one third the size. A boisseau was defined as 10 ⁄ 27 of a cubic pied du roi. minot: 3 38.09 dm 3: 8.38 imp gal 8.65 U.S. dry gal mine: 6 76.17 dm 3: 16.76 imp gal

  3. Paris inch - Wikipedia

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    A famous measurement made using the Paris inch is the lens measurement of the first great refractor telescope, the Dorpat Great Refractor, also known as the Fraunhofer 9-inch. The 9-Paris inch diameter lens was made by Joseph von Fraunhofer, which works out to about 24.4 centimetres (9.59 English inches). This lens had the largest aperture of ...

  4. List of track gauges - 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 ...

  5. French units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    Article 5 of the law of 18 Germinal, Year III (7 April 1795) defined five units of measure. The units and their preliminary values were: [7] The metre, for length – defined as being one ten millionth of the distance between the North Pole and the Equator through Paris; The are (100 m 2) for area [of land] The stère (1 m 3) for volume of firewood

  6. List of tallest people - Wikipedia

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    8 ft 3 in: Claims of being 8 feet 3 inches (251 cm), not confirmed. 1962–1991 (29) Annie Irwin United States: 251 cm 8 ft 3 in Born in Chicago. Claimed to be 8 feet 3 inches (251 cm), not confirmed. [258] c. 1919 Donald McGregor Sweden: 250.2 cm 8 ft 2.5 in Donald McGregor was touring with the Foley and Burk shows in 1916.

  7. China’s 7-foot-3 teenage basketball star Zhang Ziyu shows ...

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    “Zhang Ziyu is a cheat code,” a social media user said on X, formerly known as Twitter. Zhang is officially listed on FIBA's website as being 7-foot-3. - Fred Lee/Getty Images

  8. Ligne - Wikipedia

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    One ligne is the equivalent of 0.0888 international inch. This is comparable in size to the British measurement called "line" (one-twelfth of an English inch), used prior to 1824. [6] (The French inch at that time was slightly larger than the English one, but the system of 12 inches to a foot and 12 lines to an inch was the same in both cases.)

  9. China’s 7-Foot-3 Teen Basketballer Goes Viral - AOL

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    Standing taller than any WNBA player ever, Zhang Ziyu has been called a “cheat code” and drawn comparisons to China’s basketball legend Yao Ming. China’s 7-Foot-3 Teen Basketballer Goes ...