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  2. Biblical and Talmudic units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    A ris is 2 ⁄ 15, or about 0.13, ... space of 10.5 cubits x 10.5 cubits for sowing 1 ... which itself was the quantity of water equal in weight to a light royal ...

  3. Nilometer - Wikipedia

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    There were three main types of nilometers, calibrated in Egyptian cubits: (1) a vertical column, (2) a corridor stairway of steps leading down to the Nile, and (3) a deep well with a culvert. [1] If the water level was low, the fertility of the floodplain would suffer. If it was too high, the flooding would be destructive.

  4. Water distribution on Earth - Wikipedia

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    Most water in Earth's atmosphere and crust comes from saline seawater, while fresh water accounts for nearly 1% of the total. The vast bulk of the water on Earth is saline or salt water, with an average salinity of 35‰ (or 3.5%, roughly equivalent to 34 grams of salts in 1 kg of seawater), though this varies slightly according to the amount of runoff received from surrounding land.

  5. Cubit - Wikipedia

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    The ancient Egyptian royal cubit (meh niswt) is the earliest attested standard measure.Cubit rods were used for the measurement of length.A number of these rods have survived: two are known from the tomb of Maya, the treasurer of the 18th dynasty pharaoh Tutankhamun, in Saqqara; another was found in the tomb of Kha in Thebes.

  6. Molten Sea - Wikipedia

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    According to the Bible it was five cubits high, ... It was capable of containing two or three thousand baths of water ... [15] Rabbi Max Munk pointed to the fact that ...

  7. 15 Biggest Water Companies in the World - AOL

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    Starting off with number 15, we have Cielo bottled water. Cielo was launched by the AJE Group in 2001. The bottled water is available in more than 10 countries. ... The best high-yield dividend ...

  8. Properties of water - Wikipedia

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    Water has a very high specific heat capacity of 4184 J/(kg·K) at 20 °C (4182 J/(kg·K) at 25 °C) —the second-highest among all the heteroatomic species (after ammonia), as well as a high heat of vaporization (40.65 kJ/mol or 2257 kJ/kg at the normal boiling point), both of which are a result of the extensive hydrogen bonding between its ...

  9. Centimetre or millimetre of water - Wikipedia

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    A centimetre of water [1] is a unit of pressure. It may be defined as the pressure exerted by a column of water of 1 cm in height at 4 °C (temperature of maximum density) at the standard acceleration of gravity, so that 1 cmH 2 O (4°C) = 999.9720 kg/m 3 × 9.80665 m/s 2 × 1 cm = 98.063754138 Pa ≈ 98.0638 Pa, but conventionally a nominal maximum water density of 1000 kg/m 3 is used, giving ...