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  2. List of conversion factors - Wikipedia

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    pound (avoirdupois) per cubic foot lb/ft 3: ≡ lb/ft 3: ≈ 16.018 463 37 kg/m 3: pound (avoirdupois) per cubic inch lb/in 3: ≡ lb/in 3: ≈ 2.767 990 471 × 10 4 kg/m 3: pound (avoirdupois) per gallon (imperial) lb/gal ≡ lb/gal ≈ 99.776 372 66 kg/m 3: pound (avoirdupois) per gallon (US fluid) lb/gal ≡ lb/gal ≈ 119.826 4273 kg/m 3 ...

  3. Conversion of units - Wikipedia

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    the statistical confidence interval or tolerance interval of the initial measurement; the number of significant figures of the measurement; the intended use of the measurement, including the engineering tolerances; historical definitions of the units and their derivatives used in old measurements; e.g., international foot vs. US survey foot.

  4. Foot (unit) - Wikipedia

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    The foot of an adult European-American male is typically about 15.3% of his height, [10] giving a person of 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) a foot-length of about 268 mm (10.6 in), on average. Archaeologists believe that, in the past, the people of Egypt , India , and Mesopotamia preferred the cubit , while the people of Rome , Greece , and China preferred ...

  5. Help:Convert - Wikipedia

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    By default, the output value is rounded to adjust its precision to match that of the input. An input such as 1234 is interpreted as 1234 ± 0.5, while 1200 is interpreted as 1200 ± 50, and the output value is displayed accordingly, taking into account the scale factor used in the conversion.

  6. List of unusual units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    This translates to a hoppus foot being equal to 1.273 cubic feet (2,200 in 3; 0.0360 m 3). The hoppus board foot, when milled, yields about one board foot. The volume yielded by the quarter-girth formula is 78.54% of cubic measure (i.e. 1 ft 3 = 0.7854 h ft; 1 h ft = 1.273 ft 3). [46]

  7. Board foot - Wikipedia

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    The board foot or board-foot is a unit of measurement for the volume of lumber in the United States and Canada [1]. It equals the volume of a board that is one foot (30.5 cm) in length, one foot in width, and one inch (2.54 cm) in thickness, or exactly 2.359 737 216 liters .

  8. 3 ft 6 in gauge railways - Wikipedia

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    The line from Cartagena to Los Blancos was originally 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in), but was converted to 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) in 1976, at the same time as the line was extended to Los Nietos. [28] Sudan: Isolated, 4,725 kilometers (2,936 mi) Sweden: Several during the 19th century, all closed or regauged. Taiwan: 1,097 km (682 mi) (Taiwan ...

  9. Cubic foot - Wikipedia

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    The IEEE symbol for the cubic foot per second is ft 3 /s. [1] The following other abbreviations are also sometimes used: ft 3 /sec; cu ft/s; cfs or CFS; cusec; second-feet; The flow or discharge of rivers, i.e., the volume of water passing a location per unit of time, is commonly expressed in units of cubic feet per second or cubic metres per second.