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2. Shoe size - Wikipedia

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   Size 0 as a foot's length of 0. The shoe size is directly proportional to the length of the foot in the chosen unit of measurement. Sizes of children's, men's, and women's shoes, as well as sizes of different types of shoes, can be compared directly. This is used with the Mondopoint system (USSR/Russia and East Asia).

3. Brannock Device - Wikipedia

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   The Brannock Device is a measuring instrument invented by Charles F. Brannock for measuring a person's shoe size. Brannock spent two years developing a simple means of measuring the length, width, and arch length of the human foot. He eventually improved on the wooden RITZ Stick, the industry standard of the day, [2] patenting his first ...

4. Barleycorn (unit) - Wikipedia

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   SI units. 8.4 6 mm. A chart of Imperial and United States customary units. The barleycorn is an English unit of length [1] equal to 1⁄3 of an inch (i.e. about 8.47 mm). It is still used as the basis of shoe sizes in English-speaking countries.

5. Shoe - Wikipedia

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   European sizes are measured in Paris Points, while the UK and American units are based on whole-number sizes spaced at one barleycorn (1/3 inch) with UK adult sizes starting at size 1 = 8 + 2 ⁄ 3 in (22.0 cm). In the US, this is size 2. Men's and women's shoe sizes often use different scales [citation needed], and some systems are measured ...

6. File:Shoe sizes for adults by foot length (multilingual).svg

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   English: Shoe sizes for adults in Mondopoint, EU, UK and US systems, measured by foot length (multi-lingual) Русский: Размеры обуви для взрослых в системах Мондопойнт, EU, UK, and US, измеренные по длине стопы (несколько языков)

7. Paris point - Wikipedia

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   0.262 in. The Paris point is a unit of length defined as 3 centimetre (6.67 mm; 0.262 in). It is commonly used for shoe sizes in Continental Europe. The unit was invented by French shoemakers in the early 1800s. [1] Its origin probably lies in 3 centimetre being very close to 4 inch; a French inch pouce-roi is around 27 mm, a quarter of that is ...