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Human height. Human height or stature is the distance from the bottom of the feet to the top of the head in a human body, standing erect. It is measured using a stadiometer, [1] in centimetres when using the metric system or SI system, [2][3] or feet and inches when using United States customary units or the imperial system. [4][5] In the early ...
According to a study in France, executives and professionals are 2.6 centimetres (1.0 in) taller, and university students are 2.55 centimetres (1.0 in) taller than the national average. [7] As this case shows, data taken from a particular social group may not represent a total population in some countries.
Coyne's World War I draft registration card, dated 29 August, gave his height as 8 ft (240 cm), although he had reached a height of 8 ft 1.7 in (2.48 m), possibly 8 feet 4 inches (254 cm) by the time of his death. 1897–1921 (23) Morocco: 246 cm: 8 ft 1 in [26] Brahim Takioullah: Possesses the world's largest feet at 38 cm (1 ft 3 in). [27]
The iconic US president acknowledged the couple's large height difference, describing them as "the long and the short of it" — he was 6 feet 4 inches; she was 5 feet 2 inches. Andrew and Eliza ...
0.3048 m. 30.48 cm. 304.8 mm. The foot (standard symbol: ft) [1][2] is a unit of length in the British imperial and United States customary systems of measurement. The prime symbol, ′, is commonly used to represent the foot. [3] In both customary and imperial units, one foot comprises 12 inches, and one yard comprises three feet.
The Empire State Building is 1,250 ft (381 m) tall to its 102nd floor, or 1,453 feet 8 + 9 ⁄ 16 inches (443.092 m) including its 203-foot (61.9 m) pinnacle. [31] It was the first building in the world to be more than 100 stories tall, [32] though only the lowest 86 stories are usable.
Supposedly, the key to McMahon's swindle, and his successful defense in the ensuing lawsuit, was that legal documents listed the height as 480" (inches) as opposed to 480' (feet). [7] Investors did not seem to notice, and McMahon apparently never verbally stated that the actual height of the building would be 480 inches. [2] [15]
Many text books of artistic anatomy advise that the head height be used as a yardstick for other lengths in the body: ... (soles of feet to navel: ... 48 (2): 124 ...