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  2. 8 bore - Wikipedia

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    An 8 bore is a .835 in (21.2 mm) caliber firearm. Historically it was used to fire solid projectiles from smoothbores, rifles, and partially rifled ball and shot guns, as well as shot from muzzle-loading and breech-loading shotguns. Later breech loaders were designed to fire cartridges.

  3. Orders of magnitude (length) - Wikipedia

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    1.435 m – standard gauge of railway track used by about 60% of railways in the world = 4 ft 8 1 ⁄ 2 in 2.5 m – distance from the floor to the ceiling in an average residential house [ 119 ] 2.7 m – length of the Starr Bumble Bee II , the smallest plane

  4. Square (tool) - Wikipedia

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    T-square, or glazier's square, [1] or drywall square. [26] A T-square is a style of square where the blade is fixed onto on into the middle of the stock, forming a 'T' shape. The most common type of T-square is a guide for drawing horizontal lines on a drawing board, and can guide a set square to draw vertical or diagonal lines. [27]

  5. Gauge (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    The recoil reduction is due to the larger bore producing a slower acceleration of the shot, and the patterning improvements are due to the larger muzzle diameter for the same choke constriction, which results in less shot deformation. A 12-gauge shotgun, nominally 18.5 mm (0.73 in), can range from a tight 18 mm (0.71 in) to an extreme overbore ...

  6. List of measuring instruments - Wikipedia

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    rain gauge: measuring of rain radiometer: radiant flux of electromagnetic radiation refractometer: index of refraction rheometer: response to applied forces rotameter: pressure of a liquid or gas in a closed tube ruler: for measuring length saccharometer: amount of sugar in a solution seismometer: seismic waves (for example, earthquakes) sextant

  7. International System of Units - Wikipedia

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    [1]: 143–144 [7] [8] [9] Most prefixes correspond to integer powers of 1000; the only ones that do not are those for 10, 1/10, 100, and 1/100. The conversion between different SI units for one and the same physical quantity is always through a power of ten.

  8. Ruler - Wikipedia

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    A variety of rulers A carpenter's rule Retractable flexible rule or tape measure A closeup of a steel ruler A ruler in combination with a letter scale. A ruler, sometimes called a rule, scale or a line gauge or metre/meter stick, is an instrument used to make length measurements, whereby a length is read from a series of markings called "rules" along an edge of the device. [1]

  9. Metre-stick - Wikipedia

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    A metre-stick, metrestick (or meter-stick and meterstick as alternative spellings); [1] or yardstick [2] is either a straightedge or foldable ruler used to measure length, and is especially common in the construction industry. They are often made of wood or plastic, and often have metal or plastic joints so that they can be folded together.