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  2. 8 bore - Wikipedia

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    An 8 bore is a .835 in (21.2 mm) caliber firearm. Historically it was used to fire solid projectiles from smoothbores, rifles, and partially rifled ball and shot guns, as well as shot from muzzle-loading and breech-loading shotguns. Later breech loaders were designed to fire cartridges.

  3. Orders of magnitude (length) - Wikipedia

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    1.435 m – standard gauge of railway track used by about 60% of railways in the world = 4 ft 8 1 ⁄ 2 in 2.5 m – distance from the floor to the ceiling in an average residential house [ 119 ] 2.7 m – length of the Starr Bumble Bee II , the smallest plane

  4. Gauge (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    The recoil reduction is due to the larger bore producing a slower acceleration of the shot, and the patterning improvements are due to the larger muzzle diameter for the same choke constriction, which results in less shot deformation. A 12-gauge shotgun, nominally 18.5 mm (0.73 in), can range from a tight 18 mm (0.71 in) to an extreme overbore ...

  5. Square (tool) - Wikipedia

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    T-square, or glazier's square, [1] or drywall square. [26] A T-square is a style of square where the blade is fixed onto on into the middle of the stock, forming a 'T' shape. The most common type of T-square is a guide for drawing horizontal lines on a drawing board, and can guide a set square to draw vertical or diagonal lines. [27]

  6. Set square - Wikipedia

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    Similar to the Geodreieck, a number of other protractor triangle types exist for navigation purposes. Various designs are named navigation (protractor) triangle, nautical navigational triangle, nautical set square, Portland (navigational) triangle or Portland protractor triangle, Kent-type triangle, Inoue-type A/B nautical triangle or plotting triangle, course triangle, yachtsmen triangle, and ...

  7. Scale ruler - Wikipedia

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    A scale ruler is a tool for measuring lengths and transferring measurements at a fixed ratio of length; two common examples are an architect's scale and engineer's scale.In scientific and engineering terminology, a device to measure linear distance and create proportional linear measurements is called a scale.

  8. List of measuring instruments - Wikipedia

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    rain gauge: measuring of rain radiometer: radiant flux of electromagnetic radiation refractometer: index of refraction rheometer: response to applied forces rotameter: pressure of a liquid or gas in a closed tube ruler: for measuring length saccharometer: amount of sugar in a solution seismometer: seismic waves (for example, earthquakes) sextant

  9. International System of Units - Wikipedia

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    The SI comprises a coherent system of units of measurement starting with seven base units, which are the second (symbol s, the unit of time), metre (m, length), kilogram (kg, mass), ampere (A, electric current), kelvin (K, thermodynamic temperature), mole (mol, amount of substance), and candela (cd, luminous intensity).