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  2. Help:Convert units - Wikipedia

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    When using "hand in" to convert to hands and inches, the rounded hands and inches values are equivalent, and use the same fraction, if any. Special rounding of the inches value only occurs when "hand in" is the output. For example, if the output is "in hand", the inches value is rounded independently from the hands value.

  3. Orders of magnitude (length) - Wikipedia

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    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]

  4. Hand (unit) - Wikipedia

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    To convert inches to hands, the number in inches is divided by four, then the remainder is added after the radix point. Thus, a horse that measures 60 inches is 15 hands high (15 × 4 = 60) and a horse halfway between 15 and 16 hands is 15.2 hands, or 62 inches tall (15 × 4 + 2 = 62) [ 5 ] [ 7 ] Because the subdivision of a hand is a base 4 ...

  5. QF 5.25-inch naval gun - Wikipedia

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    QF 5.25-inch Mark I turret on HMS King George V. Unlike its French and Italian contemporaries of similar size the QF 5.25-inch gun was designed as dual-purpose equipment capable of engaging both aircraft and surface targets.

  6. 5-inch/38-caliber gun - Wikipedia

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    [5]: 81 As this gun's caliber is 5 inches (127mm), its barrel length is 38 times 5 inches: 190 inches (480 cm; 16 ft). Barrel description [5]: 160 Radially expanded monobloc steel alloy. Weight: 2,000 pounds (910 kilograms) The bore is chrome plated from the origin of rifling (forward end of the chamber) to the muzzle.

  7. HMS Wivern (1863) - Wikipedia

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    The ships had a length between perpendiculars of 224 feet 6 inches (68.4 m), a beam of 42 feet 4 inches (12.9 m), [2] and a draught of 17 feet (5.2 m) at deep load. They displaced 2,751 long tons (2,795 t). The hull was divided by 12 watertight bulkheads and the ships had a double bottom beneath the engine and boiler rooms.

  8. GMC straight-6 engine - Wikipedia

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    The 425.6 cubic inches (7.0 L) with a bore and stroke of 4.25 by 5 inches (108 mm × 127 mm) GMC inline six appeared in 1940s 4x4 Cab Over Engine (COE) trucks made in Pontiac, MI. Power ratings for 1955 were 190 HP @ 3200 rpm; torque 350 lb ft @ 1000 rpm. It also appeared in large GMC trucks in the 1950s ending in 1955.

  9. Pineview Dam - Wikipedia

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    The crest of the dam is at 4,908.0 feet (1,496.0 m), is 30 feet (9.1 m) wide and 600 feet (180 m) long. Its initial height was 103 feet (31 m), resulting in a 44,175 acre-foot (54,489,000 m 3) capacity. The later Weber Basin Project increased the height of the dam to 137 feet (42 m), enlarging the capacity to 110,150 acre-feet (135,870,000 m 3).