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2. Shoe size - Wikipedia

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   Standard metric foot sizes can be converted to the nearest Paris point (2 ⁄ 3 cm) sizes using approximate conversion tables; shoes are marked with both foot length in millimetres, as for pointe ballet shoe sizes, and last length in European Paris point sizes (although such converted Stichmaß sizes may come 1 ⁄ 2 to 1 size smaller than ...

3. Brannock Device - Wikipedia

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   Brannock Device [1] Brannock Device at shoe museum in Zlín, Czechia The Brannock Device is a measuring instrument invented by Charles F. Brannock for measuring a person's shoe size . Brannock spent two years developing a simple means of measuring the length, width, and arch length of the human foot .

4. Barleycorn (unit) - Wikipedia

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   A chart of Imperial and United States customary units. 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.

5. United States customary units - Wikipedia

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   There are anecdotal objections to the use of metric units in carpentry and the building trades, on the basis that it is easier to remember an integer number of inches plus a fraction, rather than a measurement in millimeters, [9] or that foot-inch measurements are more suitable when distances are frequently divided into halves, thirds, and ...

6. Foot (unit) - Wikipedia

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   The measurement of altitude in international aviation (the flight level unit) is one of the few areas where the foot is used outside the English-speaking world. The most common plural of foot is feet. However, the singular form may be used like a plural when it is preceded by a number, as in "he is six foot tall." [8]

7. Foot pain? These podiatrist-approved Skechers have heel-to ...

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   At a sale price like $44, shoes like this aren’t going to last long. Just think of all the use you’ll get out of this all-year pair — and all the miles you’ll walk, pain-free!