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  2. Alonnisos - Wikipedia

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    Alonnisos (Greek: Αλόννησος), also transliterated as Alonissos, is a Greek island in the Aegean Sea. After Skiathos and Skopelos it is the third member of the Northern Sporades . It is 3 km (2 mi) (2 nm) east of the island of Skopelos.

  3. Ancient Greek units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    10 feet hamma ἅμμα: 60 podes 18.5 m (20.2 yd) knot, link of a chain plethron: πλέθρον: 100 podes 30.8 m (33.7 yd) 100 feet stadion: στάδιον: 600 podes 184.9 m (202.2 yd) an eighth of a Roman mile diaulos: δίαυλος: 2 stadia 369.9 m (404.5 yd) double pipe hippikon ἱππικόν: 4 stadia 739.7 m (808.9 yd)

  4. Alonnisos Marine Park - Wikipedia

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    The National Marine Park of Alonnisos Northern Sporades (Greek: Εθνικό Θαλάσσιο Πάρκο Αλοννήσου Βορείων Σποράδων, ΕΘΠΑΒΣ) was founded in Greece by Presidential Decree on May 16, 1992.

  5. On the Sizes and Distances (Aristarchus) - Wikipedia

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    The apparent size of the Sun and the Moon in the sky. The size of the Earth's shadow in relation to the Moon during a lunar eclipse; The angle between the Sun and Moon during a half moon is 90°. The rest of the article details a reconstruction of Aristarchus' method and results. [4] The reconstruction uses the following variables:

  6. Calculator - Wikipedia

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    Made in Japan, this was also the first calculator to use an LED display, the first hand-held calculator to use a single integrated circuit (then proclaimed as a "calculator on a chip"), the Mostek MK6010, and the first electronic calculator to run off replaceable batteries. Using four AA-size cells the LE-120A measures 4.9 by 2.8 by 0.9 inches ...

  7. Peristera shipwreck - Wikipedia

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    Systematic excavation of the shipwreck began in 1992, again led by the director of the Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities. [2] The first task was a survey of the existing state of the wreck, and this was done by preparing a photomosaic from photographs taken at a height of 7 metres (23 ft) above the wreck.

  8. File:Alonnisos, Greece - panoramio.jpg - Wikipedia

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  9. List of unusual units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    An Olympic-size swimming pool holds over 2 acre-feet of water For larger volumes of liquid, one measure commonly used in the media in many countries is the Olympic-size swimming pool. [47] A 50 m × 25 m (164 ft × 82 ft) Olympic swimming pool, built to the FR3 minimum depth of 2 metres (6.6 ft) would hold 2,500 m 3 (660,000 US gal).