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  2. Spanish units of measurement - Wikipedia

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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).

  3. Mexican units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    One libra (lit. "pound") was equal to 0.460 246 34 kg as it was legally defined. [1] Some other units and legal equivalents are given below: 1 tomin = 1 ⁄ 768 libra 1 adarme = 1 ⁄ 256 libra 1 ochava ("eighth") = 1 ⁄ 128 libra 1 onza ("ounce") = 1 ⁄ 16 libra 1 arroba = 25 libras 1 quintal ("hundredweight") = 100 libras 1 terco = 160 ...

  4. Inch - Wikipedia

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    Paragraph LXVII sets out the fine for wounds of various depths: one inch, one shilling; two inches, two shillings, etc. [m] An Anglo-Saxon unit of length was the barleycorn. After 1066, 1 inch was equal to 3 barleycorns, which continued to be its legal definition for several centuries, with the barleycorn being the base unit. [22]

  5. Venezuelan units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    1 libra = 0.5 kg 1 bag = 62.5 kg. [1] Some other units are: 1 tonelada = 2000 libra 1 carga = 250 libra 1 Saco = 125 libra 1 Quintal = 100 libra 1 arroba = 25 libra 1 onza = 1 ⁄ 16 libra. [3] According to another older source, one quintal was equal to 46.012 kg (101.438 1 lb). [4]

  6. Orders of magnitude (length) - Wikipedia

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    1 m – approximate height of the top part of a doorknob on a door; 1 m – diameter of a very large beach ball; 1.29 m – length of the Cross Island Chapel, the smallest church in the world; 1.4 m – length of a Peel P50, the world's smallest car; 1.435 m – standard gauge of railway track used by about 60% of railways in the world = 4 ft 8 ...

  7. Paraguayan units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    According to legal equivalents, one vara (old) was 0.83856 m. [1] [2] One cuerda or One cordel was 83 + 1 ⁄ 3 vara or 69.88 m, according to legal equivalents. [1] One vara was 0.866 m, according to legal equivalents. [2] [1] Some other units and their legal equivalents are given below: 1 pulgada (inch) = 1 ⁄ 36 vara [2] 1 linea (line) = 1 ...

  8. List of countries and dependencies by area - Wikipedia

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    Largely unrecognised states not in ISO 3166-1 are included in the list in ranked order. The areas of such largely unrecognised states are in most cases also included in the areas of the more widely recognised states that claim the same territory; see the notes in the "Notes" column for each country for clarification.

  9. Conductivity (electrolytic) - Wikipedia

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    The electronic conductivity of purified distilled water in electrochemical laboratory settings at room temperature is often between 0.05 and 1 μS/cm. Environmental influences during the preparation of salt solutions as gas absorption due to storing the water in an unsealed beaker may immediately increase the conductivity from 0.055 μS/cm and ...