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2. List of humorous units of measurement - Wikipedia

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   In the Zork series of games, the Great Underground Empire has its own system of measurements, the most frequently referenced of which is the bloit. Defined as the distance the king's favorite pet can run in one hour (spoofing a popular legend about the history of the foot), the length of the bloit varies dramatically, but the one canonical conversion to real-world units puts it at ...

3. List of narrow-gauge model railway scales - Wikipedia

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   The scales used include the general European modelling range of Z, N, TT, H0, 0 and also the large model engineering gauges of I to X, including 3 + 1 ⁄ 2, 5, 7 + 1 ⁄ 4 and 10 + 1 ⁄ 4-inch gauge. As 00 is a particularly British scale, it is not included within this pan-European standard. However the predominantly US imperial-based S scale ...

4. List of rail transport modelling scale standards - Wikipedia

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   Locomotives in this scale are generally large and "chunky", and can range from the tiny 0-4-0 seen on Welsh slate quarry lines all the way up to the very largest found in the UK, such as the ex-ACR NG/G16 Beyer-Garratt locomotives, seen running on the Welsh Highland Railway in North Wales. The hobby is supported by a number of 16 mm live steam ...

5. Jiffy (time) - Wikipedia

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   In astrophysics and quantum physics a jiffy is, as defined by Edward R. Harrison, [13] the time it takes for light to travel one fermi, which is approximately the size of a nucleon. One fermi is 10 −15 m, so a jiffy is about 3 × 10 −24 s. It has also more informally been defined as "one light-foot", which is equal to approximately one ...

6. List of scale model sizes - Wikipedia

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   A scale used for high-end model aircraft and very detailed paper and plastic model ships. 9 mm figure scale. Many airlines distribute models in this scale for free as a means of advertising. Aeroplane model brands in this scale include Flight Miniatures, JC Wings 200, Wings of Glory, and others. Common scale for architectural modelling. 1:182.88

7. Play Pinochle Online for Free - AOL.com

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   Aces around, dix or double pinochles. Score points by trick-taking and also by forming combinations of cards into melds.

8. Category:Model railroad scales - Wikipedia

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   Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikimedia Commons; Wikidata item; ... Pages in category "Model railroad scales"

9. Fairbanks-Morse - Wikipedia

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   Fairbanks, Morse and Company was an American manufacturing company in the late 19th and early 20th century. Founded in 1823 as a manufacturer of weighing scales, it later diversified into pumps, engines, windmills, coffee grinders, radios, farm tractors, feed mills, locomotives, and industrial supplies.