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  2. 40-foot telescope - Wikipedia

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    William Herschel 's 40-foot telescope, also known as the Great Forty-Foot telescope, was a reflecting telescope constructed between 1785 and 1789 at Observatory House in Slough, England. It used a 48-inch (120 cm) diameter primary mirror with a 40-foot-long (12 m) focal length (hence its name "Forty-Foot" ). It was the largest telescope in the ...

  3. Samuel Oschin telescope - Wikipedia

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    The Samuel Oschin telescope ( / ˈɔːʃɪn / ), also called the Oschin Schmidt, is a 48-inch-aperture (1.22 m) Schmidt camera at the Palomar Observatory in northern San Diego County, California. It consists of a 49.75 inches (1.264 m) Schmidt corrector plate and a 72 inches (1.8 m) (f/2.5) mirror. The instrument is strictly a camera; there is ...

  4. List of scale model sizes - Wikipedia

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    1:480. 0.635 mm. Model railways (T) T scale, using 3 mm gauge track to represent standard gauge railways. 1:450. 0.677 mm. Model railways (T) T scale, using 3 mm gauge track to represent 3 ft 6 in ( 1,067 mm) gauge railways. Hasegawa also produces plastic ship models in this scale.

  5. Display size - Wikipedia

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    Display size. On 2D displays, such as computer monitors and TVs, the display size or viewable image size ( VIS) is the physical size of the area where pictures and videos are displayed. The size of a screen is usually described by the length of its diagonal, which is the distance between opposite corners, usually in inches.

  6. Foot (unit) - Wikipedia

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    30.48 cm. 304.8 mm. The foot (standard symbol: ft) [ 1][ 2] is a unit of length in the British imperial and United States customary systems of measurement. The prime symbol, ′, is commonly used to represent the foot. [ 3] In both customary and imperial units, one foot comprises 12 inches, and one yard comprises three feet.

  7. T-square - Wikipedia

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    For example, drywall T-squares are typically made of aluminum and have a 48-inch-long (120 cm) tongue, allowing them to be used for measuring and cutting drywall. In woodworking, higher-end table saws often have T-square fences attached to a rail on the front side of the table, providing improved accuracy and precision when cutting wood.

  8. Bed size - Wikipedia

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    70 cm × 200 cm (28 in × 79 in), mainly for double beds with two separate mattresses. 80 cm × 200 cm (31 in × 79 in), mainly for young peoples beds/ bunk beds and double beds with two separate mattresses. 90 cm × 200 cm (35 in × 79 in), common single bed. Extended variants are typically 210 cm (83 in).

  9. Centimetre - Wikipedia

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    A centimetre (International spelling) or centimeter ( American spelling ), with SI symbol cm, is a unit of length in the International System of Units (SI) equal to one hundredth of a metre, centi being the SI prefix for a factor of ⁠ 1 100 ⁠. [ 1] Equivalently, there are 100 centimetres in 1 metre. The centimetre was the base unit of ...