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  2. List of scale model sizes - Wikipedia

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    Used for 12 mm, and 12.5 mm figure scale miniature wargaming. 1:128: 3 ⁄ 32 in: 2.381 mm A few rockets and some fit-in-the-box aircraft are made to this size. 1:120: 0.1 in: 2.54 mm: Model railways (TT) Derived from the scale of 1 inch equals 10 feet.TT model railroad scale. Used in AD&D Battlesystem Skirmishes rules. Works with 15 mm ...

  3. Foot (unit) - Wikipedia

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    Its exact size varied from city to city and could range between 270 mm (10.6 in) and 350 mm (13.8 in), but lengths used for temple construction appear to have been about 295 mm (11.6 in) to 325 mm (12.8 in); the former was close to the size of the Roman foot.

  4. Flight level - Wikipedia

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    Flight levels [3] are described by a number, which is the nominal altitude, or pressure altitude, in hundreds of feet, and a multiple of 500 ft.Therefore, a pressure altitude of 32,000 ft (9,800 m) is referred to as "flight level 320".

  5. Orders of magnitude (length) - Wikipedia

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    2.45 m – highest high jump by a human (Javier Sotomayor) [120] 3.05 m – (10 feet) height of the basket in basketball 8.95 m – longest long jump by a human (Mike Powell) [ 121 ]

  6. List of metric units - Wikipedia

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    Metric units are units based on the metre, gram or second and decimal (power of ten) multiples or sub-multiples of these. According to Schadow and McDonald, [ 1 ] metric units, in general, are those units "defined 'in the spirit' of the metric system, that emerged in late 18th century France and was rapidly adopted by scientists and engineers.

  7. Speeds and feeds - Wikipedia

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    This means that phosphor bronze runs at 20% the speed of 600 SFM or 120 SFM. ... in meters/minute or feet/min; Diameter in millimeters or ... high speed or carbide, a ...

  8. Ancient Roman units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    Metric equivalents are approximate, converted at 1 pes = 296 mm. Other units of area described by Columella in his De Re Rustica include the porca of 180 × 30 Roman feet (about 473 m 2 or 5,090 sq ft) used in Hispania Baetica and the Gallic candetum or cadetum of 100 feet [ clarification needed ] in the city or 150 in the country.

  9. Icelandic units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    A number of units were used to measure area. One square fathom was equal to 3.546 m 2 and one square mile was equal to 56.7383 km 2, as they were defined by their metric equivalents. [1] Some other units are given below: [1] 1 square inches = 1 ⁄ 5,184 square fathom; 1 square feet = 1 ⁄ 36 square fathom; 1 square alin = 1 ⁄ 9 square fathom