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1.75 m – (5 feet 8 inches) – height of average U.S. male human as of 2002 (source: U.S. CDC as per female above) 2.4 m – wingspan of a mute swan; 2.5 m – height of a sunflower; 2.7 m – length of a leatherback sea turtle, the largest living turtle; 2.72 m – (8 feet 11 inches) – tallest-known human (Robert Wadlow) [31]
A hazel measuring rod recovered from a Bronze Age burial mound in Borum Eshøj, East Jutland by P. V. Glob in 1875 measured 30.9 inches (78 cm). 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]
Creamline Cool Smashers; No. Player Position Height Birth date School 1: Kyle Negrito: Setter: 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) December 15, 1996 (age 28)Far Eastern University: 2: Alyssa Valdez ()
8 inch single 1 50 8 3,500 b: hard 1.4 Mb [15] 375 FM Memorex 651 single 64 32 1.056 b: 2.2 Mb [17] Platform Size Density Side Track Sector Byte Sectoring Capacity RPM
Sizes are often expressed as a fraction of an inch, with a one in the numerator, and a decimal number in the denominator. For example, 1/2.5 converts to 2/5 as a simple fraction, or 0.4 as a decimal number. This "inch" system gives a result approximately 1.5 times the length of the diagonal of the sensor.
The windows on the Amfleet I cars were 18 by 64 inches (45.72 by 162.56 cm); this was increased to 22 by 64 inches (55.88 by 162.56 cm) in the Amfleet II. [53] Another factor in choosing small windows was the high incidence of rocks thrown at train windows in the 1970s. [45]
Below 7,000 m (23,000 ft), the Rongbuk Formation underlies the North Col Formation and forms the base of Mount Everest. It consists of sillimanite-K-feldspar grade schist and gneiss intruded by numerous sills and dikes of leucogranite ranging in thickness from 1 cm to 1,500 m (0.4 in to 4,900 ft).
Average annual snowfall is about 4.7 inches (12 cm), falling mostly in January and February and occasionally in March, November and December. [114] 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 ...