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  2. List of conversion factors - Wikipedia

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    2.54 cm ≡ 1 ⁄ 36 yd ≡ 1 ⁄ 12 ft ≡ 0.0254 m league (land) lea ≈ 1 hour walk, Currently defined in US as 3 Statute miles, [3] but historically varied from 2 to 9 km ≈ 4828 m: light-day: ≡ 24 light-hours ≡ 2.590 206 837 12 × 10 13 m: light-hour: ≡ 60 light-minutes ≡ 1.079 252 8488 × 10 12 m: light-minute: ≡ 60 light ...

  3. Orders of magnitude (length) - Wikipedia

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    To help compare different orders of magnitude, this section lists lengths between 10 −2 m and 10 −1 m (1 cm and 1 dm). 1 cm – 10 millimeters; 1 cm – 0.39 inches; 1 cm – edge of a square of area 1 cm 2; 1 cm – edge of a cube of volume 1 mL; 1 cm – length of a coffee bean; 1 cm – approximate width of average fingernail

  4. Lumber - Wikipedia

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    For example, splitting a 10-foot-long (3.0 m) 2×4 (1 + 1 ⁄ 2 by 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 in or 38 by 89 mm) into two 1×4s (3 ⁄ 4 by 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 in or 19 by 89 mm) of the same length is considered re-sawing. Plastic lumber

  5. List of unusual units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    In Brazil, it is common to compare relatively small areas to the state of Sergipe (21,910.4 km 2 or 8,459.7 sq mi), the smallest in the country. Smaller areas are sometimes compared to the cities of São Paulo (1,521.11 km 2 or 587.30 sq mi) or Rio de Janeiro (1,221 km 2 or 471 sq mi).

  6. Indonesian units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    One thail was equal to 54.090 kg by its legal definition. [2] Some other units and their legal equivalents are given below: 1 wang = 1 ⁄ 48 thail 1 tali = 1 ⁄ 16 thail 1 soekoe = 1 ⁄ 8 thail 1 reaal = 1 ⁄ 2 thail. [2]

  7. Log flume - Wikipedia

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    Many of the great flumes fell into disrepair and were salvaged for lumber. [6] By 1984, only one lumber flume was operating in the United States. [6]: 158 The Broughton Lumber flume was a nine-mile (14 km) V-flume that transported rough-sawn lumber from Willard, Washington to a finishing mill in Hood, just west of the town of Underwood. The ...

  8. Pine - Wikipedia

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    6.1 Lumber and construction. 6.2 ... typically 1–5 cm long, and only present for a short ... [16] Before the 19th century, pines were often referred to ...

  9. Cubic mile - Wikipedia

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    4.1682 km 3 A cubic mile (abbreviation: cu mi or mi 3 [ 1 ] ) is an imperial and US customary (non- SI non- metric ) unit of volume , used in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. It is defined as the volume of a cube with sides of 1 mile (1.6 km ) length, giving a volume of 1 cubic mile (4.2 km 3 ).