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The state flag is officially described by law as: a rectangle that: (1) has a width to length ratio of two to three; and (2) contains: (A) one blue vertical stripe that has a width equal to one-third the length of the flag; (B) two equal horizontal stripes, the upper stripe white, the lower stripe red, each having a length equal to two-thirds the length of the flag; and (C) one white, regular ...
The pound or pound-mass is a unit of mass used in both the British imperial and United States customary systems of measurement.Various definitions have been used; the most common today is the international avoirdupois pound, which is legally defined as exactly 0.453 592 37 kilograms, and which is divided into 16 avoirdupois ounces. [1]
In France it used to be defined as 100 livres (pounds), about 48.95 kg (108 lb), and has been redefined as 100 kg (mesures usuelles), thus called metric quintal with symbol qq. In Spain , the quintal is still defined as 100 libras , or about 46 kg (101 lb), but the metric quintal is also defined as 100 kg; [ 3 ] In Portugal a quintal is 128 ...
Commemorative Air Force [1] Bread: Pan de campo [1] Cooking implement: Dutch oven [1] Dinosaur: Sauroposeidon proteles: 2009 (replaced Pleurocoelus which was state dinosaur 1997–2009) [5] Dish: Chili [1] 1977: Domino game: Texas 42, [1] a four-player domino game with bidding and trumps: Fiber and fabric: Cotton: 1997 [1] [6] Fish: Guadalupe ...
A number of units were used. One libra (lit. "pound") was equal to 0.460 246 34 kg as it was legally defined. [1] Some other units and legal equivalents are given below: 1 tomin = 1 ⁄ 768 libra
The city flag of San Antonio, Texas was originally drawn by Spanish–American War veteran William W. Herring on May 28, 1933. The design saw significantly more usage than the official flag, but was never officially adopted until 1976. The current flag is a slightly modified version of Herring's design, most notably removing the text formerly ...
The values of these units are based on Jefferson's proposal of a foot that was equal in length to one-fifth of a second rod, one fourth of an inch shorter than the foot in use at the time, and approximately equal to 0.298461684 m. [5] For the mass units, the ounce as a base would equal the weight of a cubic inch of pure water at standard ...
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 18:35, 3 February 2024: 900 × 600 (594 bytes): Undertiago: Made the star exact + corrected the position of the star (in previous version wasn't centered correctly in the vertical axis) + changed dimesions and ViewBox to 900x600 as they are the de facto proportions for 2:3 ratio flags