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2. Lumber - Wikipedia

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   In 1961, at a meeting in Scottsdale, Arizona, the Committee on Grade Simplification and Standardization agreed to what is now the current U.S. standard: in part, the dressed size of a 1-inch (nominal) board was fixed at 3 ⁄ 4 inch; while the dressed size of 2 inch (nominal) lumber was reduced from 1 + 5 ⁄ 8 inch to the current 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 ...

3. Board foot - Wikipedia

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   The board foot or board-foot is a unit of measurement for the volume of lumber in the United States and Canada. [1] It equals the volume of a board that is one foot (30.5 cm) in length, one foot in width, and one inch (2.54 cm) in thickness, or exactly 2.359 737 216 liters. Board foot can be abbreviated as FBM (for "foot, board measure"), BDFT ...

4. Shoe size - Wikipedia

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   The recent formula used by the Brannock device assumes a foot length of 2 barleycorns less than the length of the last; thus, men's size 1 is equivalent to a last's length of 8 + 1 ⁄ 3 in (21.17 cm) and foot's length of 7 + 2 ⁄ 3 in (19.47 cm), and children's size 1 is equivalent to 4 + 1 ⁄ 4 in (10.8 cm) last's length and 3 + 7 ⁄ 12 in ...

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   These elegant sandals have a 2.75-inch sturdy, braided jute wedge heel and an anti-slip rubber outsole, allowing those with wide feet to “walk comfortably with great stability,” she says.

6. Cord (unit) - Wikipedia

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   Maine appears unique among U.S. states by also defining a "loose thrown cord" or pile of cut firewood: "A cord of 12 or 16 inches (30 or 41 cm) in length shall mean the amount of wood, bark, and air contained in a space of 180 cubic feet (5.1 m 3); and a cord of wood 24 inches (61 cm) in length shall mean the amount of wood, bark, and air ...

7. Standard (timber unit) - Wikipedia

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   The timber would be typically called battens (7 inches wide), deals (above 7, usually 9 inches wide) and planks (11 inches wide); boards were under 2 inches thick. [3] [4] The standard hundred of the Russian capital of Saint Petersburg was 120 boards which were 12 feet long, 1 1 ⁄ 2 inches thick and 11 inches wide – a volume of 165 cubic ...