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  2. Concrete block - Wikipedia

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    A pallet of "8-inch" concrete blocks An interior wall of painted concrete blocks Concrete masonry blocks A building constructed with concrete masonry blocks. A concrete block, also known as a cinder block in North American English, breeze block in British English, or concrete masonry unit (CMU), or by various other terms, is a standard-size rectangular block used in building construction.

  3. Jesse Besser - Wikipedia

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    Jesse Besser (1882–1970) was an inventor and manufacturer from Alpena in the U.S. state of Michigan.He is best known for inventing, and supervising a series of improvements to, a tamping machine used to rapidly press wet, flexible concrete into blocks, thereby making possible a new generation of applications in masonry construction.

  4. Gauge block - Wikipedia

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    By using three blocks at a time taken from a set of 30 blocks, one may create any of the 1000 lengths from 3.000 to 3.999 mm in 0.001 mm steps (or .3000 to .3999 inches in 0.0001 inch steps). Description

  5. Orders of magnitude (length) - Wikipedia

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    1.100 Mmlength of Italy; 1.200 Mmlength of California; 1.200 Mm – width of Texas; 1.500 Mmlength of the Gobi Desert; 1.600 Mmlength of the Namib, the oldest desert on Earth; 2.000 Mm – distance from Beijing to Hong Kong as the crow flies; 2.300 Mmlength of the Great Barrier Reef

  6. EUR-pallet - Wikipedia

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    For use in retail stores, the EUR-6-pallet is half the size of the EUR-pallet, 600 mm × 800 mm (24 in × 31 in). [9] ISO standards have also been published for these Euro-pallet types. To accommodate EUR-pallets, there are derivative intermodal containers that are about 2 in (5 cm) wider—these are commonly known as "pallet-wide" containers ...

  7. Talk:Concrete block - Wikipedia

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    fine gravel aggregate a.k.a. screenings is a large portion of the mix design in a cmu using upwards to 75% screenings and 25% sand i would also like to give you a list of standard u.s. sizes which when ordering or measuring its width height length 8 8 16 is the standard 8 8 8 also knownas a half block 8 8 16 knock out or bondbeam is used to run ...

  8. Metre-stick - Wikipedia

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    The normal length of a metre-stick made for the international market is either one or two metres, while a yardstick made for the U.S. market is typically one yard (3 feet or 0.9144 metres) long. Metre-sticks are usually divided with lines for each millimetre (1000 per metre) and numerical markings per centimetre (100 per metre), with numbers ...

  9. Photo print sizes - Wikipedia

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    The alternative Super series, denoted SnR, nR Plus or nR+, has an aspect ratio of 3∶2 (or as close as possible) and thus provides a better fit for standard 135 film (35 mm) at sizes of 8 inches or above. 5R is twice the size of a 2R print, 6R twice the size of a 4R print and S8R twice the size of 6R. 4D/6D is a newer size for most consumer ...