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Its standardized value is 20.873 cm (8.2177 in) (9 pulgadas). Half of a palmo in Castile was called the coto, described as six fingers and defined as 10.4365 cm (4.10886 in). The ancient Romans had a similar, smaller unit called the palmus, which was 7.3925 cm (2.91043 in).
A number of units were used. One vara (lit. "pole", "yard") was equal to 0.838 m (32.99 inches) as it was legally defined also use inches and feet. [1] Some other units and legal equivalents are given below: 1 linea (lit. "line") = 1 ⁄ 432 vara 1 pulgada (lit. "thumbful", "inch") = 1 ⁄ 36 vara 1 pie (lit. "foot") = 1 ⁄ 3 vara
The board foot or board-foot is a unit of measurement for the volume of lumber in the United States and Canada.It equals the volume of a board that is one foot (30.5 cm) in length, one foot (30.5 cm) in width, and one inch (2.54 cm) in thickness, or exactly 2.359 737 216 liters.
Paul Maslansky, a producer behind films such as “Police Academy” and “Return to Oz,” died on Monday of natural causes at a hospital in Los Robles, Calif. He was 91. Maslansky collaborated ...
The 2024 Billboard Music Awards will honor the biggest-selling artists of the year, including relative newcomer Zach Bryan as the most nominated artist of the bunch. Bryan took home Top New Artist ...
The uptick in activity was largely driven by the services sector. The services component of S&P's report showed the index registered 57 this month, up from 55 in October and the highest level in ...
The digit, also known as digitus or digitus transversus (Latin), dactyl (Greek) or dactylus, or finger's breadth – 3 ⁄ 4 of an inch or 1 ⁄ 16 of a foot. [1] [2] (about 2 cm) In medicine and related disciplines (anatomy, radiology, etc.) the fingerbreadth (literally the width of a finger) is an informal but widely used unit of measure. [3] [4]
Spirit Airlines stock plunged 59% on Wednesday as the budget airline explores a deal with creditors to restructure its debt amid a reported threat of bankruptcy after merger talks with Frontier ...