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2. List of obsolete units of measurement - Wikipedia

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   Arroba – an Iberian unit of weight, equivalent to 11.5 kilograms [6] Buddam; Candy; Corgee – an obsolete unit of mass equal to 212 moodahs, or rush mat bundles of rice. The unit was used in the Canara (now Kanara) region of Karnataka in India. Cullingey; Dharni; Dirham; Duella; Dutch cask – a British unit of mass, used for butter and ...

3. List of unusual units of measurement - Wikipedia

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   An Olympic-size swimming pool holds over 2 acre-feet of water For larger volumes of liquid, one measure commonly used in the media in many countries is the Olympic-size swimming pool. [47] 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).

4. Pumpjack - Wikipedia

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   Depending on the size of the pump, it generally produces 5 to 40 litres (1 to 9 imp gal; 1.5 to 10.5 US gal) of liquid at each stroke. Often this is an emulsion of crude oil and water. Pump size is also determined by the depth and weight of the oil to remove, with deeper extraction requiring more power to move the increased weight of the ...

5. 7 Antique Items From the 1800s that Are Worth Thousands of ...

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   The pitcher is 9.25 inches tall. Antique 1800s Ball, Black & Co. Sterling Silver Floral Repousse Pitcher. ... The cabinets are 77.5 inches tall, have a width of 49.5 inches, and a depth of 15 ...

6. Ancient Greek units of measurement - Wikipedia

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   Some Greek measures of length were named after parts of the body, such as the δάκτυλος (daktylos, plural: δάκτυλοι daktyloi) or finger (having the size of a thumb), and the πούς (pous, plural: πόδες podes) or foot (having the size of a shoe). The values of the units varied according to location and epoch (e.g., in ...

7. Dimensionless quantity - Wikipedia

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   The resulting system of units is known as the natural units, specifically regarding these five constants, Planck units. However, not all physical constants can be normalized in this fashion. For example, the values of the following constants are independent of the system of units, cannot be defined, and can only be determined experimentally: [ 22 ]

8. Smoot - Wikipedia

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   Starting in 2011, Google Earth enabled the ability to measure distance using smoots, with the standard length of 5 feet 7 inches. [20] The calculator function of Google Search also provides values in smoots, [ 21 ] and in 2011, smoot was one of the 10,000 new words added to the fifth edition of The American Heritage Dictionary .

9. Comparison of pumps - Wikipedia

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   Different types of pumps are suitable for different applications, for example: a pump's maximum lift height also determines the applications it can be used for. Low-lift pumps are only suitable for the pumping of surface water (e.g., irrigation, drainage of lands, ...), while high-lift pumps allow deep water pumping (e.g., potable water pumping ...