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Arm span. Arm span or reach (sometimes referred to as wingspan, or spelled armspan) is the physical measurement of the length from one end of an individual's arms (measured at the fingertips) to the other when raised parallel to the ground at shoulder height at a 90° angle. The arm span measurement is usually very close to the person's height.
The tallest president elected to office was Abraham Lincoln (6 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 4 in or 192.4 cm). Portrait artist Francis Bicknell Carpenter supplies the information for Lincoln: Mr. Lincoln's height was six feet three and three-quarter inches "in his stocking-feet."
Toronto Blue Jays teammates, 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) catcher José Molina (left) and 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) pitcher Jon Rauch, in 2011. In baseball, height is considered especially advantageous for pitchers and they are generally taller than other players. In 2019, the median height of pitchers in Major League Baseball (MLB) was 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m).
Human height. Human height or stature is the distance from the bottom of the feet to the top of the head in a human body, standing erect. It is measured using a stadiometer, [1] in centimetres when using the metric system or SI system, [2][3] or feet and inches when using United States customary units or the imperial system. [4][5] In the early ...
6 ft 2 in: Ireland Ulster Railway, 1839–1846, re-gauged to 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm) Taiwan Taipei Metro medium-capacity rubber-tired trains (with 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) rails) Japan SCMaglev train depots for Chuo Shinkansen. 1,945 mm 6 ft 4 + 9 ⁄ 16 in: Netherlands Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappij, 1839–1866 [101] De Arend ...
The biggest golfer in major tournament history just made the biggest shot of his career. Stepping up to the 16th hole at 6-foot-9, 300 lbs, Englishman Jonathan Thompson towered over tee at Royal ...
Tallest verified human in recorded history. Height. 8 ft 11.1 in (272.0 cm) Robert Pershing Wadlow (February 22, 1918 – July 15, 1940), also known as the Alton Giant and the Giant of Illinois, was an American man who was the tallest person in recorded history for whom there is irrefutable evidence. He was born and raised in Alton, Illinois, a ...
The foot (standard symbol: ft) [1][2] is a unit of length in the British imperial and United States customary systems of measurement. The prime symbol, ′, is commonly used to represent the foot. [3] In both customary and imperial units, one foot comprises 12 inches, and one yard comprises three feet. Since an international agreement in 1959 ...