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2. Shaku (unit) - Wikipedia

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   Another shaku variant was used for measuring cloth, which measured 125 ⁄ 330 meters (37.9 centimeters or 14.9 inches), and was known as the "whale shaku " (鯨尺, kujirajaku), as baleen (whale whiskers) were used as cloth rulers. To distinguish the two variants of shaku, the general unit was known as the "metal shaku " (金尺/曲尺 ...

3. Vietnamese units of measurement - Wikipedia

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   Originally, many thước of varying lengths were in use in Vietnam, each used for different purposes. According to Hoàng Phê (1988), [1] the traditional system of units had at least two thước of different lengths before 1890, [2] the thước ta (lit. "our ruler") or thước mộc ("wooden ruler"), equal to 0.425 metres (1 ft 4.7 in), and the thước đo vải ("ruler for measuring ...

4. Foot (unit) - Wikipedia

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   The Egyptian equivalent of the foot—a measure of four palms or 16 digits—was known as the djeser and has been reconstructed as about 30 cm (11.8 in). The Greek foot (πούς, pous) had a length of ⁠ 1 / 600 ⁠ of a stadion, [12] one stadion being about 181.2 m (594 ft); [13] therefore a foot was, at the time, about 302 mm (11.9 in). Its ...

5. Hatch mark - Wikipedia

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   Unit and value marks — as on a ruler or number line; Congruence notation in geometry — as on a geometric figure; Graphed points — as on a graph; Hatch marks are frequently used as an abbreviation of some common units of measurement. In regard to distance, a single hatch mark indicates feet, and two hatch marks indicate inches.

6. List of track gauges - Wikipedia

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   2 ft 9 in: Japan Nankai Railway (former gauge, converted to 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in gauge) England Seaton Tramway, Volk's Electric Railway (former gauge) 850 mm: 2 ft 9 + 15 ⁄ 32 in: Italy Ponte Tresa-Luino (1924: converted to 1,100 mm (3 ft 7 + 5 ⁄ 16 in) gauge, 1950: closed) Menaggio–Porlezza railway (1939: closed) 860 mm: 2 ft 9 + 7 ⁄ 8 ...

7. List of unusual units of measurement - Wikipedia

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   A board foot is a United States and Canadian unit of approximate volume, used for lumber. It is equivalent to 1 inch × 1 foot × 1 foot (144 cu in or 2,360 cm 3). It is also found in the unit of density pounds per board foot. In Australia and New Zealand the terms super foot or superficial foot were formerly used for this unit. The exact ...