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  2. List of conversion factors - Wikipedia

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    2.54 cm ≡ 1 ⁄ 36 yd ≡ 1 ⁄ 12 ft ≡ 0.0254 m league (land) lea ≈ 1 hour walk, Currently defined in US as 3 Statute miles, [3] but historically varied from 2 to 9 km ≈ 4828 m: light-day: ≡ 24 light-hours ≡ 2.590 206 837 12 × 10 13 m: light-hour: ≡ 60 light-minutes ≡ 1.079 252 8488 × 10 12 m: light-minute: ≡ 60 light ...

  3. Lumber - Wikipedia

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    For example, splitting a 10-foot-long (3.0 m) 2×4 (1 + 1 ⁄ 2 by 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 in or 38 by 89 mm) into two 1×4s (3 ⁄ 4 by 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 in or 19 by 89 mm) of the same length is considered re-sawing. Plastic lumber

  4. Orders of magnitude (length) - Wikipedia

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    To help compare different orders of magnitude, this section lists lengths between 10 −2 m and 10 −1 m (1 cm and 1 dm). 1 cm – 10 millimeters; 1 cm – 0.39 inches; 1 cm – edge of a square of area 1 cm 2; 1 cm – edge of a cube of volume 1 mL; 1 cm – length of a coffee bean; 1 cm – approximate width of average fingernail

  5. Wood industry - Wikipedia

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    In the narrow sense of the terms, wood, forest, forestry and timber/lumber industry appear to point to different sectors, in the industrialized, internationalized world, there is a tendency toward huge integrated businesses that cover the complete spectrum from silviculture and forestry in private primary or secondary forests or plantations via the logging process up to wood processing and ...

  6. Sugar Pine Lumber Company - Wikipedia

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    Sugar Pine Lumber Company Railroad, 10.82 mi (17.41 km) [1] The Sugar Pine Lumber Company was an early 20th century logging operation and railroad in the Sierra Nevada. Unable to secure water rights to build a log flume, the company operated the “crookedest railroad ever built."

  7. Antigo, Wisconsin - Wikipedia

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    Antigo (/ ˈ æ n t ɪ ˌ ɡ oʊ / AN-tih-goh) [5] is a city in and the county seat of Langlade County, Wisconsin, United States. [6] The population was 8,100 at the 2020 census.Antigo is the center of a farming and lumbering district, and its manufactured products consist principally of lumber, chairs, furniture, sashes, doors and blinds, hubs and spokes, and other wood products.

  8. Savings interest rates today: Make more on your money this ...

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    Here's how FDIC national deposit rates on a $10,000 minimum deposit compare between November and December 2024 on traditional low-interest deposit accounts. ... National deposit rate on December ...

  9. Log flume - Wikipedia

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    Square lumber was often provided by a temporary, portable sawmill erected at the head of the flume. Other times, round timber trestles of 8 inches (20 cm) to 12 inches (30 cm) diameter were cut and finished from along the route. Some trestles achieved staggering heights to maintain a desirable grade. Three percent was ideal for a straight flume.