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William Smith (1851) gives a value of 0.9708 English feet, or about 295.9 mm. [2] An accepted modern value is 296 mm. [3] That foot is also called the pes monetalis to distinguish it from the pes Drusianus (about 333 or 335 mm) sometimes used in some provinces, particularly Germania Inferior.
Country / region Average male height Average female height Stature ratio (male to female) Sample population / age range Share of pop. over 18 covered [9] [10] [b] Method
Some parts of southeastern North Carolina received around 23 inches of rain as schools and public offices stayed closed on Tuesday.
Machu Picchu [a] is a 15th-century Inca citadel located in the Eastern Cordillera of southern Peru on a mountain ridge at 2,430 meters (7,970 ft). [9] Often referred to as the "Lost City of the Incas", [10] it is the most familiar icon of the Inca Empire.
The National Weather Service's office in Wilmington said the flooding on some Carolina Beach roads was at least three feet deep. ... inches in half a day that dropped on Carolina Beach occurs ...
The three stairwells―labeled A, B, and C―were as tall as the buildings, with two built to 44 inches (110 cm) in width and the third being 56 inches (140 cm) wide. In the North Tower the stairs were approximately 70 ft apart, compared to the distance of 200 ft between the stairwells in the South Tower. [28]
The Hercules flew only once for one mile (1.6 km), and 70 feet (21 m) above the water, with Hughes at the controls, on November 2, 1947. [ 75 ] [ 6 ] : 209–210 Critics nicknamed the Hercules the Spruce Goose , but it was actually made largely from birch (not spruce ) rather than from aluminum, because the contract required that Hughes build ...
The list of United States high-school national records in track and field is separated by indoor and outdoor and boys and girls who have set a national record in their respective events.