enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Cubic yard - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubic_yard

    A cubic yard (symbol yd 3) [1] is an Imperial / U.S. customary (non-SI non-metric) unit of volume, used in Canada and the United States. It is defined as the volume of a cube with sides of 1 yard (3 feet , 36 inches , 0.9144 meters ) in length .

  3. List of unusual units of measurement - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_units_of...

    A cord is the amount of wood that, when "ranked and well stowed" (arranged so pieces are aligned, parallel, touching and compact), occupies a volume of 128 cubic feet (3.62 m 3). [43] This corresponds to a well-stacked woodpile, 4 feet deep by 4 feet high by 8 feet wide (122 cm × 122 cm × 244 cm) , or any other arrangement of linear ...

  4. List of Deadliest Warrior episodes - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Deadliest_Warrior...

    The javelin penetrated 2.5–3 inches (7.6 cm) into a ballistics gel torso, striking the pancreas. The shurikens' velocity were clocked at 48–49 miles per hour (79 km/h), with Dr. Armand Dorian claiming that one of the shuriken blows to a stand-in could have broken a rib and pierced a lung.

  5. Video shows frightening moment truck loses load of lumber ...

    www.aol.com/video-shows-frightening-moment-truck...

    This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Video shows wood load flying from lumber truck, running car off road. Show comments. Advertisement. Advertisement. In Other News. Entertainment.

  6. Orders of magnitude (length) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_(length)

    2.54 cm – 1 inch; 3.08568 cm – 1 attoparsec; 3.4 cm – length of a quail egg [113] 3.5 cm – width of film commonly used in motion pictures and still photography; 3.78 cm – amount of distance the Moon moves away from Earth each year [114] 4.3 cm – minimum diameter of a golf ball [115] 5 cm – usual diameter of a chicken egg

  7. Cord (unit) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cord_(unit)

    A cord is the amount of wood that, when "racked and well stowed" (arranged so pieces are aligned, parallel, touching, and compact), occupies a volume of 128 cubic feet (3.62 m 3). [1] This corresponds to a well-stacked woodpile 4 feet (122 cm) high, 8 feet (244 cm) wide, and 4 feet (122 cm) deep; or any other arrangement of linear measurements ...

  8. United States customary units - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_customary_units

    Thickness of aluminum foil is measured in mils (1 ⁄ 1000 inch, or 0.0254 mm) in the United States. Cross-sectional area of electrical wire is measured in circular mils in the U.S. and Canada, one circular mil (cmil) being equal to 5.067 × 10 −4 mm 2 (or 7.854 × 10 −7 in 2). Since this is so small, actual wire is commonly measured in ...

  9. Megalithic yard - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalithic_yard

    Keith Critchlow suggested this may have shrunk 0.63 inches (1.6 cm) from its original length of one megalithic yard over a period of 3000 years. [ 11 ] Thom made a comparison of his megalithic yard with the Spanish vara , the pre-metric measurement of Iberia, whose length was 2.7425 feet (0.8359 m).