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  2. British thermal unit - Wikipedia

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    778.2 ft⋅lbf (foot-pounds-force) 5.40395 (lbf/in 2 )⋅ft 3 A Btu can be approximated as the heat produced by burning a single wooden kitchen match or as the amount of energy it takes to lift a one-pound (0.45 kg) weight 778 feet (237 m).

  3. Miles per gallon gasoline equivalent - Wikipedia

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    NIST defined a gasoline gallon equivalent (GGE) as 5.660 pounds of natural gas, and gasoline liter equivalent (GLE) as 0.678 kilograms of natural gas. [18]

  4. Talk:£sd/Archive 1 - Wikipedia

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    With the ubiquity of the calculator I think the overall simplicity of decimal prevails in both situations. 179.113.61.206 ( talk ) 15:32, 29 January 2020 (UTC) "Tricks" were learning by heart the basic division of pounds: 6/8 is £⅓, 13/4 is £⅔ for example - "there will be a tables test every Monday" :-( BTW, 2s ÷ 12 is 2d, not 2p.

  5. Excise tax in the United States - Wikipedia

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    12 oz Pistols and Revolvers 10% price Other Firearms and Ammunition 11% price Tanning Salon 10% price Gas guzzler 21.5–22.5 mpg $1,000.00 vehicle Gas guzzler 12.5–13.5 mpg $6,400.00 vehicle Telephone Calls 3% local Wagering excise tax 2.50% wager Black Lung Disability Trust Coal mined $1.10 ton Coal mined 4.40% price Coal open pit $0.55 ton ...

  6. Lift-to-drag ratio - Wikipedia

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    Lift and drag are the two components of the total aerodynamic force acting on an aerofoil or aircraft.. In aerodynamics, the lift-to-drag ratio (or L/D ratio) is the lift generated by an aerodynamic body such as an aerofoil or aircraft, divided by the aerodynamic drag caused by moving through air.

  7. Baytown, Texas - Wikipedia

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    Baytown is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, within Harris and Chambers counties. Located in the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan statistical area, it lies on the northern side of the Galveston Bay complex near the outlets of the San Jacinto River and Buffalo Bayou.

  8. Economic history of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Coal sold in Cincinnati for 10 cents per bushel (94 pounds) and in New Orleans for 14 cents. [76]: 403–21 Charcoal production was very labor and land intensive. It was estimated that to fuel a typical sized 100 ton of pig iron per week furnace in 1833 at a sustained yield, a timber plantation of 20,000 acres was required. The trees had to be ...