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Height measurement using a stadiometer. Human height or stature is the distance from the bottom of the feet to the top of the head in a human body, standing erect.It is measured using a stadiometer, [1] in centimetres when using the metric system or SI system, [2] [3] or feet and inches when using United States customary units or the imperial system.
1.8288 metres exactly (Official international definition of the fathom) [10] 1.828804 m (Obsolete measurement of the fathom based on the US survey foot, only for use of historical and legacy applications) [11] 2 yards (1 yard is exactly 1 ⁄ 2 fathom) 6 feet (1 foot is exactly 1 ⁄ 6 fathom) 18 hands; 72 inches; 1 metre is about 0.5468 fathoms
It was estimated at 18 ft (5.5 m) but the living man was believed to be "at least" 20 ft (6.1 m) tall. However, even in 1845 it was reported that the discovery was not confirmed. [ 181 ] This skeleton as well as an 8 ft 9 in (2.67 m) tall specimen found in the Rocky Mountains in 1838, is very likely the remains of an extinct animal.
1.75 m – (5 feet 8 inches) – height of average U.S. male human as of 2002 (source: U.S. CDC as per female above) 2.4 m – wingspan of a mute swan; 2.5 m – height of a sunflower; 2.7 m – length of a leatherback sea turtle, the largest living turtle; 2.72 m – (8 feet 11 inches) – tallest-known human (Robert Wadlow) [31] 3 m ...
Robert M. La Follette [61] 5 ft 10 1 ⁄ 2 in 5 ft 5 in: 180 cm 165 cm: 1 ⁄ 2 in 5 in: 1 cm 13 cm 1920: Warren G. Harding: 6 ft 0 in 183 cm: James M. Cox [62] 5 ft 6 in 168 cm: 6 in 15 cm 1916: Woodrow Wilson: 5 ft 11 in 180 cm: Charles Evans Hughes [59] 5 ft 10 in 178 cm: 1 in 3 cm 1912: Woodrow Wilson: 5 ft 11 in 180 cm: William Howard Taft ...
The foot of an adult European-American male is typically about 15.3% of his height, [10] giving a person of 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) a foot-length of about 268 mm (10.6 in), on average. Archaeologists believe that, in the past, the people of Egypt , India , and Mesopotamia preferred the cubit , while the people of Rome , Greece , and China preferred ...
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The tallest freestanding structure on land is the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The building surpassed the height of the previous record holder, the 553.3 m (1,815 ft) CN Tower in Toronto, Ontario, on September 12, 2007. It was completed in 2010, with final height of 829.8 m (2,722 ft).