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In many cases the length of the unit was not uniquely fixed: for example, the English foot was stated as 11 pouces 2.6 lignes (French inches and lines) by Picard, 11 pouces 3.11 lignes by Maskelyne, and 11 pouces 3 lignes by D'Alembert. [47] Most of the various feet in this list ceased to be used when the countries adopted the metric system.
Miners also use it as a unit of area equal to 6 feet square (3.34 m 2) in the plane of a vein. [2] In Britain, it can mean the quantity of wood in a pile of any length measuring 6 feet (1.8 m) square in cross section. [2] In Central Europe, the klafter was the corresponding unit of comparable length, as was the toise in France.
This is a category for all broad gauge railways built with a track gauge of 6 ft 2 in (1,880 mm). Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
Some railways, primarily in the northeast, used standard gauge of 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,435 mm); others used gauges ranging from 2 ft (610 mm) to 6 ft (1,829 mm). As a general rule, southern railroads were built to one or another broad gauge, mostly 5 ft ( 1,524 mm ), while northern railroads that were not standard-gauge tended to be narrow-gauge.
Two foot three inch: 686 mm (2 ft 3 in) 750 mm: 750 mm (2 ft 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) Bosnian gauge: 760 mm (2 ft 5 + 15 ⁄ 16 in) Two foot six inch: 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) Swedish three foot: 891 mm (2 ft 11 + 3 ⁄ 32 in) 900 mm: 900 mm (2 ft 11 + 7 ⁄ 16 in) Three foot: 914 mm (3 ft) Italian metre: 950 mm (3 ft 1 + 13 ⁄ 32 in) Metre: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 ...
6 ft 2 in 188 cm: Thomas Dewey: 5 ft 8 in 173 cm: 6 in 15 cm 1940: Franklin D. Roosevelt: 6 ft 2 in 188 cm: Wendell Willkie [59] 6 ft 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 in 189 cm: 1 ⁄ 2 in 1 cm 1936: Franklin D. Roosevelt: 6 ft 2 in 188 cm: Alfred Landon [59] 5 ft 11 in 180 cm: 3 in 8 cm 1932: Franklin D. Roosevelt: 6 ft 2 in 188 cm: Herbert Hoover: 5 ft 11 + 1 ...
This is a category for all broad gauge railways built with a track gauge of 6 ft (1,829 mm). Subcategories This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.
Derived from the scale of 1 inch equals 10 feet.TT model railroad scale. Used in AD&D Battlesystem Skirmishes rules. Works with 15 mm miniatures where a 6 foot man would equal 15.24 mm 1:110: 2.771 mm Used for some model ships, aircraft and diecast cars. 1:108: 2.822 mm