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2. Shoe size - Wikipedia

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   The recent formula used by the Brannock device assumes a foot length of 2 barleycorns less than the length of the last; thus, men's size 1 is equivalent to a last's length of 8 + 1 ⁄ 3 in (21.17 cm) and foot's length of 7 + 2 ⁄ 3 in (19.47 cm), and children's size 1 is equivalent to 4 + 1 ⁄ 4 in (10.8 cm) last's length and 3 + 7 ⁄ 12 in ...

3. Brannock Device - Wikipedia

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   He eventually improved on the wooden RITZ Stick, the industry standard of the day, [2] patenting his first prototype in 1925 [3] and an improved version in 1927. [1] The device has both left and right heel cups and is rotated through 180 degrees to measure the second foot.

4. Barleycorn (unit) - Wikipedia

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   The barleycorn is an English unit of length [1] equal to 1 ⁄ 3 of an inch (i.e. about 8.47 mm). It is still used as the basis of shoe sizes in English-speaking countries. History

5. Teen with rare gigantism needs size 20 shoes - AOL

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   By Jill Glavan INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (July 24, 2014) - A teenager with a form of a rare condition called gigantism needs help finding shoes for the new school year, since his feet have grown so big.

6. He’s 14 with a size 23 foot. His family has struggled to find ...

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   Kilburn still can’t easily find footwear for Eric Jr. now, 14, who stands 6 feet, 10 inches and wears a size 23 shoe. According to the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons , the average ...

7. List of mathematical constants - Wikipedia

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   A mathematical constant is a key number whose value is fixed by an unambiguous definition, often referred to by a symbol (e.g., an alphabet letter), or by mathematicians' names to facilitate using it across multiple mathematical problems. [1]

8. Fraction - Wikipedia

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   Unit fractions can also be expressed using negative exponents, as in 2 −1, which represents 1/2, and 2 −2, which represents 1/(2 2) or 1/4. A dyadic fraction is a common fraction in which the denominator is a power of two, e.g. ⁠ 1 / 8 ⁠ = ⁠ 1 / 2 3 ⁠. In Unicode, precomposed fraction characters are in the Number Forms block.

9. Hand (unit) - Wikipedia

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   Thus, a horse that measures 60 inches is 15 hands high (15 × 4 = 60) and a horse halfway between 15 and 16 hands is 15.2 hands, or 62 inches tall (15 × 4 + 2 = 62) [5] [7] Because the subdivision of a hand is a base 4 system, a horse 64 inches high is 16.0 hands high, not 15.4. [2]