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  2. List of largest optical refracting telescopes - Wikipedia

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    The Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope, with a lens diameter of 43 inches, is technically the largest, with 39 inches clear for the aperture.The second largest refracting telescope in the world is the Yerkes Observatory 40 inch (102 cm) refractor, used for astronomical and scientific observation for over a century.

  3. South African units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    The Rhynland rood (Rijnlandse roede) was a standard Dutch measurement.It was changed in 1859 to the "Cape Foot" due to a drift in standards. 1 Rhynland foot (Rijnlandse voet) = 12 Rhynland inches (Rijnlandse duim) = 1.030 English feet.

  4. Milky Way - Wikipedia

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    A 2015 paper discovered that there is a ring-like filament of stars called Triangulum–Andromeda Ring (TriAnd Ring) rippling above and below the relatively flat galactic plane, which alongside Monoceros Ring were both suggested to be primarily the result of disk oscillations and wrapping around the Milky Way, at a diameter of at least 50 kpc ...

  5. 8 mm caliber - Wikipedia

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    This article is missing information about "7.92 mm" Mauser and members of the lineage (besides x33, which is already here). Please expand the article to include this information. Further details may exist on the talk page .

  6. Gewehr 98 - Wikipedia

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    For reference a 1 MOA circle at 100 yd (91 m) has a diameter of 1.047 in (2.7 cm), 3 in (7.6 cm) at 100 yd (91 m) equals 2.9 MOA, and 5 in (12.7 cm) at 100 yd (91 m) equals 4.8 MOA In summary the accuracy standards of the Gewehr 98 and most other service rifles used in World War I and later were similar.

  7. 7 mm caliber - Wikipedia

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    An overview of 7mm caliber cartridges, their history, and uses in firearms.

  8. 7.62×39mm - Wikipedia

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    The subsonic bullet also has a larger maximum diameter of 7.94 mm compared to all other 7.62×39 bullets that peak at 7.91 mm diameter; the larger diameter of the lead-core section was intended to provide a tighter fit to the barrel by better engaging the rifling grooves.

  9. German units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    A German geographic mile (geographische Meile) is defined as 1 ⁄ 15 equatorial degrees, equal to 7,420.54 m (24,345.6 ft).A common German mile, land mile, or post mile (Gemeine deutsche Meile, Landmeile, Postmeile) was defined in various ways at different places and different times.