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  2. Union Pacific Big Boy - Wikipedia

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    Cost to build US$ 265,000 in 1941, equivalent to $5,489,457 in 2023. The Union Pacific Big Boy is a type of simple articulated 4-8-8-4 steam locomotive manufactured by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) between 1941 and 1944 and operated by the Union Pacific Railroad in revenue service until 1962. The 25 Big Boy locomotives were built to ...

  3. Diameter at breast height - Wikipedia

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    [4] [5] In some countries, such as Australia, New Zealand, Burma, India, Malaysia, and South Africa, breast height diameter has historically been measured at a height of 1.4 m (4 ft 7 in), but because of much active research into allometrics that are being applied to trees and forests, the convention of 1.3 m (4.3 ft) is more appropriate.

  4. 4-8-4 - Wikipedia

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    Union Pacific 844, the only steam locomotive never retired by a North American Class I railroad. The 4-8-4 wheel arrangement was a progression from the 4-8-2 Mountain type and, like the 2-8-4 Berkshire and 4-6-4 Hudson types, an example of the "Super Power" concept in steam locomotive design that made use of the larger firebox that could be supported by a four-wheel trailing truck, which ...

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    This No. 1 bestselling duo will spare you from having to deal with the ironing board. Just give your clothes a spritz and a light tug, hang 'em up and those wrinkles should smooth out in mere moments.

  6. Average human height by country - Wikipedia

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    For instance, one survey shows there is 10.8 centimetres (4.3 in) gap between the tallest state and the shortest state in Germany. [6] Under such circumstances, the mean height may not represent the total population unless sample subjects are appropriately taken from all regions with using weighted average of the different regional groups.

  7. Heightmap - Wikipedia

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    For example, a standard RGB 8-bit image can only show 256 values of grey and hence only 256 heights. By using colors, a greater number of heights can be stored (for a 24-bit image, 256 3 = 16,777,216 heights can be represented (256 4 = 4,294,967,296 if the alpha channel is also used)). This technique is especially useful where height varies ...

  8. 4-8-8-4 - Wikipedia

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    4-8-8-4 wheel arrangement. A 4-8-8-4 in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, is a locomotive with a four-wheel leading truck, two sets of eight driving wheels, and a four-wheel trailing truck. Only one model of locomotives has ever used this wheel configuration, and that is commonly known as ...

  9. Biblical and Talmudic units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    128.4–152.8 m A ris is 2 ⁄ 15, or about 0.13, of a mil. According to Rashi (Baba Kama 79b, s.v. שלושים ריס), thirty ris is equivalent to 4 mil. Maimonides concurs in his commentary on Mishnah yoma 6:4, where 90 ris is put at 12 mil. Mil (Milin) mile: 0.598–0.712 mi (in case of Talmud opinion referencing a Roman mile: 0.919 mi [12 ...