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  2. Hunter 26.5 - Wikipedia

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    Hunter 26.5 Hunter 26.5. The Hunter 26.5 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass.It has a fractional sloop rig, an aluminum mast and boom, a raked stem, a walk-through reverse transom, an internally-mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a laminated wooden tiller and a fixed wing keel.

  3. Gauge (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    The term is related to the measurement of cannons, which were also measured by the weight of their iron round shot; an eight-pounder would fire an 8-pound (3.6 kg) ball. Therefore, a 12 gauge is larger than a 16 gauge. Due to problems defining a pound, and to get pure lead, the Gun Barrel Proof Act 1855 defined a gauge as a list of defined ...

  4. 3.7 cm Infanteriegeschütz M.15 - Wikipedia

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    The gun fired Fixed QF 37×57 mm R ammunition, available in high-explosive, shrapnel and tracer which were carried in wooden crates of 15 projectiles, weighing 26.5 kg (58 lb 7 oz), a development which could be considered an early equivalent to today's grenade cartridges such as the 35×32mmSR and 40×53mmSR shells. [2]

  5. List of largest extant lizards - Wikipedia

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    Body size in monitor lizards shows greater variation than in any other family of animals [178] with adult animals weighing between 23 g (0.81 oz) and 80,000 g (176.3 lb). The family includes both the largest living lizards and the largest lizards that have ever existed, yet about a third of the living species are dwarfs that seldom exceed 500 g ...

  6. Metrication in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Loose tomatoes for sale at a UK greengrocer in 2013, dual-priced in imperial (£0.99 /lb) and metric (£2.18 /kg) units. Signs like these do not comply with legislation, as metric prices must not be less prominent. [1] [2] Metrication is the act or process of converting to the metric system of measurement.

  7. Free recoil - Wikipedia

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    Free recoil / Frecoil is a vernacular term or jargon for recoil energy of a firearm not supported from behind. Free recoil denotes the translational kinetic energy (E t) imparted to the shooter of a small arm when discharged and is expressed in joules (J), or foot-pound force (ft·lb f) for non-SI units of measure.

  8. Quarter Pounder - Wikipedia

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    The Quarter Pounder is a brand of hamburger introduced in 1971 by a Fremont, California franchisee of international fast food chain McDonald's and extended nationwide in 1973. . Its name refers to the beef patty having a precooked weight of approximately one quarter of a pound, originally portioned as four ounces (113.4 g) but increased to 4.25 oz (120 g) in 2015

  9. Peregrine falcon - Wikipedia

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    In most subspecies, males weigh less than 700 g (25 oz) and females weigh more than 800 g (28 oz), and cases of females weighing about 50% more than their male breeding mates are not uncommon. [ 12 ] [ 22 ] [ 23 ] The standard linear measurements of peregrines are: the wing chord measures 26.5 to 39 cm (10.4–15.4 in), the tail measures 13 to ...