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In both customary and imperial units, one foot comprises 12 inches, and one yard comprises three feet. Since an international agreement in 1959, the foot is defined as equal to exactly 0.3048 meters. Historically, the "foot" was a part of many local systems of units, including the Greek, Roman, Chinese, French, and English systems. It varied in ...
177.9 cm (5 ft 10 in) 164.6 cm (5 ft 5 in) 1.08: 20–74: 86.3%: Self-reported: 1987–1994 [187] Switzerland: 177.4 cm (5 ft 10 in) 164.7 cm (5 ft 5 in) 1.08: 15+ (N= m:10,435 f:11,644) 100.0%: Self-reported: 2017 [188] Switzerland: 178.2 cm (5 ft 10 in) — — Conscripts, 19 (N= m:12,447, Median= m:178.0 cm (5 ft 10 in), SD= m:6.52 cm (2.6 ...
The tallest U.S. president was Abraham Lincoln at 6 feet 4 inches (193 centimeters), while the shortest was James Madison at 5 feet 4 inches (163 centimeters). Joe Biden , the current president, is 6 feet (183 centimeters) according to a physical examination summary from February 2024.
The village of Barnes Corner, New York, 80 miles north of Syracuse on Lake Ontario, had reported 65.5 inches of snow as of Monday morning, while Fort Drum to the north had 63 inches.
1.8288 metres exactly (Official international definition of the fathom) [10] 1.828804 m (Obsolete measurement of the fathom based on the US survey foot, only for use of historical and legacy applications) [11] 2 yards (1 yard is exactly 1 ⁄ 2 fathom) 6 feet (1 foot is exactly 1 ⁄ 6 fathom) 18 hands; 72 inches; 1 metre is about 0.5468 fathoms
It is customary when measuring in hands to use a point to indicate inches (quarter-hands) and not tenths of a hand. For example, 15.1 hands normally means 15 hands, 1 inch (5 ft 1 in), rather than 15 + 1 ⁄ 10 hands. [5]
Snowfall totals have surpassed 5 feet in some areas, including Castorland, Copenhagen and Barnes Corners in northern New York, which have each received 69.5 inches.
In the United States the pace is an uncommon customary unit of length denoting a brisk single step and equal to 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 feet or 30.0 inches or 76.2 centimetres. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The Ancient Roman pace ( Latin : passus ) was notionally the distance of a full stride from the position of one heel where it raised off of the ground to where it set ...