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  2. List of unusual units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    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 measurements that yields the same volume. A more unusual measurement for firewood is the "rick" or face cord.

  3. Oldsmobile Toronado - Wikipedia

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    The Oldsmobile Toronado is a personal luxury car manufactured and marketed by the Oldsmobile division of General Motors from 1966 to 1992 over four generations. The Toronado was noted for its transaxle version of GM's Turbo-Hydramatic transmission, making it the first U.S.-produced front-wheel drive automobile since the demise of the Cord 810/812 in 1937.

  4. Rebar - Wikipedia

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    The cross-sectional area of a bar, as given by πr², works out to (bar size/9.027)², which is approximated as (bar size/9)² square inches. For example, the area of #8 bar is (8/9)² = 0.79 square inches. Bar sizes larger than #8 follow the 1 ⁄ 8-inch rule imperfectly and skip sizes #12–13, and #15–17 due to historical convention.

  5. Ice - Wikipedia

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    Some regulations specify that the minimum safe thickness is 4 in (10 cm) for a person, 7 in (18 cm) for a snowmobile and 15 in (38 cm) for an automobile lighter than 5 tonnes. For trucks , effective thickness varies with load - i.e. a vehicle with 9-ton total weight requires a thickness of 20 in (51 cm).

  6. Four Thirds system - Wikipedia

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    Four Thirds logo. The Four Thirds System is a standard created by Olympus and Eastman Kodak for digital single-lens reflex camera (DSLR) design and development. [1] Four Thirds refers to both the size of the image sensor (4/3") as well as the aspect ratio (4:3).

  7. Nashville, Tennessee - Wikipedia

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    Average annual snowfall is about 4.7 inches (12 cm), falling mostly in January and February and occasionally in March, November and December. [111] The largest snow event since 2003 was on January 22, 2016, when Nashville received 8 inches (20 cm) of snow in a single storm; the largest overall was 17 inches (43 cm), received on March 17, 1892 ...

  8. New York metropolitan area - Wikipedia

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    Average winter snowfall for 1981 to 2010 ranges from just under 25 inches (64 cm) along the coast of Long Island to more than 50 in (127 cm) in some inland areas, but this usually varies considerably from year to year. [45] Hurricanes and tropical storms have impacted the Tri-State area in the past, though a direct hit is rare.

  9. Binoculars - Wikipedia

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    It projected only a few inches above the parapet, thus keeping the viewer's head safely in the trench. Military binoculars can and were also used as measuring and aiming devices, and can feature filters and (illuminated) reticles. [83] [84]