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  2. Crossley telescope - Wikipedia

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    The 36-inch A.A.Common mirror was made by George Calver for Common, and was ordered after Common wanted one bigger than the 18-inch reflecting telescope, which also had a mirror from Calver. [2] Common completed this telescope by 1879, and went on to make a 60-inch telescope; he sold the 36-inch to Crossley. [1]

  3. Bust/waist/hip measurements - Wikipedia

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    A woman who is 36–24–36 (91.5–61–91.5) at 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) tall looks different from a woman who is 36–24–36 at 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) tall. Since the latter woman's figure has greater distance between measuring points, she will likely appear thinner than her former counterpart, again, even though they share the same measurements.

  4. Guz - Wikipedia

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    By 1875, the average value of the guz in Bengal was 36 inches (1.0 yd; 910 mm), but was 33 inches (840 mm) in Madras and 27 inches (690 mm) in Bombay. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] By the 20th century, the guz was uniformly quoted as being equal in length to one yard in the English system , or 0.91 metres in the metric system . [ 3 ]

  5. English units - Wikipedia

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    From fingertips to elbow, 18 inches. Yard: 0.914 m: 3 feet = 36 inches, the practical base unit, defined as the length of the prototype bar held by the Crown or Exchequer. Ell: 1.143 m: From fingertip of outstretched arm to opposite shoulder, 20 nails = 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 yard or 45 inches. Mostly for measuring cloth. Fathom: 1.829 m

  6. Inch - Wikipedia

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    ⁠ 1 / 36 ⁠ yd or ⁠ 1 / 12 ⁠ ... two inches, two shillings, etc. [m] An Anglo-Saxon unit of length was the barleycorn. After 1066, 1 inch was equal to 3 ...

  7. List of unusual units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    A 50 m × 25 m (164 ft × 82 ft) Olympic swimming pool, built to the FR3 minimum depth of 2 metres (6.6 ft) would hold 2,500 m 3 (660,000 US gal). The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) defines the Olympic swimming pool as 1 million litres, which is the approximate volume of the smaller FR2 pool.

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  9. Orders of magnitude (length) - Wikipedia

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    1 m – length of Rafflesia arnoldii, the largest flower in the world; 1 m – height of Homo floresiensis (the "Hobbit") 1.15 m – a pizote (mammal) 1.5 m – height of an okapi; 1.63 m – (5 feet 4 inches) (or 64 inches) – height of average U.S. female human as of 2002 (source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))