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  2. Nicholas U. Mayall Telescope - Wikipedia

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    The Nicholas U. Mayall Telescope, also known as the Mayall 4-meter Telescope, is a four-meter (158 inches) reflector telescope located at the Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona and named after Nicholas U. Mayall. It saw first light on February 27, 1973, and was the second-largest telescope in the world at that time. [2]

  3. Pachypodium baronii - Wikipedia

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    The inflorescence is congested, measures 16 cm (inch) by 40 (inch) in length by 40 cm (1.58-inch) to 4.5 cm (1.77-inch) to 12 cm (0.47-inch), and have 3 to 17 flowers. The inflorescence's peduncle, the stalk of an inflorescence or a stalk bearing a solitary flower in a one-flowered inflorescence, is pale green and terete, cylindrical but ...

  4. List of the largest optical telescopes in North America

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    McDonald Obs. 82 inch i.e. Otto Struve Telescope: 82 inch 208 cm 1939 USA: David Dunlap Observatory: 74 inch 188 cm 1935 Canada: Plaskett telescope Dominion Astrophysical Obs. 72 inch 182 cm 1918 Canada: 69-inch Perkins Telescope [10] Perkins Observatory: 69 inch 175 cm: 1931–1964 USA: Wyeth 61" reflector [11] Oak Ridge Observatory: 61 inch ...

  5. Víctor M. Blanco Telescope - Wikipedia

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    158 inch 401 cm 10 m 2: 2,120 m (6,960 ft) 1973 Nicholas Mayall: 4. Víctor M. Blanco Telescope (CTIO Observatory) 158 inch 401 cm 10 m 2: 2,200 m (7,200 ft) 1976 Nicholas Mayall: 5. Anglo-Australian Telescope (Siding Spring Observatory) 153 inch 389 cm 12 m 2: 1,742 m (5,715 ft) 1974 Prince Charles: 6. ESO 3.6 m Telescope (La Silla Observatory ...

  6. Orders of magnitude (length) - Wikipedia

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    22 cm = 2.2 dm – diameter of a typical association football (soccer ball) 30 cm = 3 dm – typical school-use ruler length (= 300 mm) 30.48 cm = 3.048 dm – 1 foot (measure) 60 cm = 6 dm – standard depth (front to back) of a domestic kitchen worktop in Europe (= 600 mm) 90 cm = 9 dm – average length of a rapier, a fencing sword [30]

  7. List of infantry mortars - Wikipedia

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    2 inch Medium Trench Mortar/2-inch Howitzer United Kingdom: World War I: 48 52 SBML 2-Inch United Kingdom: World War II: 4.8 58.3 Mortier de 58 mm type 2 "Crapouillot" [4] France: World War I: 301 60 Granatenwerfer 16 German Empire: World War I: 88 60 60 COM 97 Finland: Modern 16.8 [3] 60 Brandt Mle 1935 France: World War II: 19.05 60 M2 United ...

  8. Swedish units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    The system was slightly revised in 1735. In 1855, a decimal reform was instituted that defined a new Swedish inch as 1 ⁄ 10 Swedish foot (2.96 cm or 1.17 inches). Up to the middle of the 19th century, there was a law allowing the imposition of the death penalty for falsifying weights or measures.

  9. Violette Wautier - Wikipedia

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    [10] [31] She has also been mocked for her height, as she is 158 cm tall (5 ft 2 inches). [2] In 2015, Wautier graduated from Chulalongkorn University with a Faculty of Communication Arts degree in Motion Pictures and Still Photography. [4] Wautier is currently dating Jirayu La-ongmanee, an actor and lead singer of the band Retrospect. [32]