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Also in the 19th century, in the United States, some 5 ft (1524 mm) broad-gauge locomotives were designed for easy conversion to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) gauge, and in the United Kingdom some 7 ft 1 ⁄ 4 in (2140 mm) broad-gauge locomotive classes of the Great Western Railway were designed for easy conversion to 1435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 ...
It mandated that the track gauge – which was the distance between the two running rails' inner faces – of 4 feet 8 1 ⁄ 2 inches to be the standard for Great Britain and 5 feet 3 inches to be the standard for Ireland.
In antiquity, systems of measurement were defined locally: the different units might be defined independently according to the length of a king's thumb or the size of his foot, the length of stride, the length of arm, or maybe the weight of water in a keg of specific size, perhaps itself defined in hands and knuckles. The unifying ...
10 + 2 ⁄ 3 inches (271 mm) 7 + 14 ⁄ 25 inches (192 mm) 2 + 7 ⁄ 8 inches (73 mm) 3 + 1 ⁄ 16 inches (78 mm) 3 + 1 ⁄ 4 inches (83 mm) 3 + 7 ⁄ 16 inches (87 mm) 3 + 5 ⁄ 8 inches (92 mm) 3 + 13 ⁄ 16 inches (97 mm) 4 inches (102 mm) 4 + 3 ⁄ 16 inches (106 mm) 4 + 3 ⁄ 8 inches (111 mm) 4 + 9 ⁄ 16 inches (116 mm) 4 + 3 ⁄ 4 ...
Table of the measuring units used in the 17th century at Pernes-les-Fontaines in the covered market at Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of southeastern France. Although in the pre-revolutionary era (before 1795) France used a system and units of measure that had many of the characteristics of contemporary English units (or the later Imperial System of units), France still lacked a unified ...
“Zhang Ziyu is a cheat code,” a social media user said on X, formerly known as Twitter. Zhang is officially listed on FIBA's website as being 7-foot-3. - Fred Lee/Getty Images
Standing taller than any WNBA player ever, Zhang Ziyu has been called a “cheat code” and drawn comparisons to China’s basketball legend Yao Ming. China’s 7-Foot-3 Teen Basketballer Goes ...
long code "foot" outputs foot (and never feet) Use of ′ and ″ symbols violates MOSNUM so is not provided. 1.0 ft (0.30 m) ftin (feet and inches) ft m (foot m) inch: in in Use of ′ and ″ symbols violates MOSNUM so is not provided. 1.0 in (25 mm) in cm; in mm; Other: nautical mile: nmi nmi the international standard nautical mile