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Craspedocephalus strigatus, commonly known as the horseshoe pit viper, [4] is a species of venomous snake in the subfamily Crotalinae of the family Viperidae. The species is endemic to the Western Ghats of India .
Horseshoe pit viper The hills of southern India. C. travancoricus: Mallik, Srikanthan, Ganesh, Vijayakumar, Campbell, Malhotra, & Shanker, 2021 0 India C. trigonocephalus: Donndorff, 1798 0 Ceylon pit viper, Sri Lankan green pit viper Throughout Sri Lanka from low elevations to about 1,800 m. C. wiroti: Trutnau, 1981 0 Wirot's pit viper
From 1833 the rupee and tolā weight was fixed at 180 grains, i.e. 11.66382 grams. Hence the weight of 1 maund increased to 37.324224 kilogram. [3] Traditionally one maund represented the weight unit for goods which could be carried over some distance by porters or pack animals.
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The International Bureau of Weights and Measures (French: Bureau International des Poids et Mesures, BIPM) is an intergovernmental organisation, through which its 64 member-states act on measurement standards in areas including chemistry, ionising radiation, physical metrology, as well as the International System of Units (SI) and Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). [1]
A caulkin [a] is a blunt projection on a horseshoe or oxshoe that is often forged, welded or brazed onto the shoe. [1] [2] The term may also refer to traction devices screwed into the bottom of a horseshoe, also commonly called shoe studs or screw-in calks. These are usually a blunt spiked cleat, usually placed at the sides of the shoe.
A horseshoe pit was built at the White House in the 1940s by President Harry Truman. The horseshoe champion Jimmy Risk demonstrated his skills at the pit for Truman and Admiral Chester W. Nimitz in 1946. [10] The pit was recreated by President George H. W. Bush in 1989. Bush became an avid player of the game and hosted tournaments with White ...
Bhalswa Horseshoe Lake, or Bhalswa Jheel, is a lake in northwest Delhi, India. It was originally shaped like a horseshoe. It was originally shaped like a horseshoe. However, over the years half of it was used as a landfill area.