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  2. RML 7-inch gun - Wikipedia

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    This was a naval gun introduced in 1865 "...as a broadside or pivot gun for frigates, to replace the 7-inch B.L. and 68-pr S.B. guns, and is now very extensively used, 331 having been made... These guns are in total length 18 in (46 cm) shorter than the land service [i.e. 7-ton] 7 in (18 cm) gun, being a length more suited to the requirements ...

  3. List of humorous units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    Canonically, and originally, in 1958 when Smoot was a Lambda Chi Alpha pledge at MIT (class of 1962), the bridge was measured to be 364.4 Smoots, plus or minus one ear, using Mr. Smoot himself as a ruler. [17] At the time, Smoot was 5 feet, 7 inches, or 170 cm, tall. [18] Google Earth and Google Calculator include the smoot as a unit of ...

  4. Yard - Wikipedia

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    The quarter of a yard (9 inches) was known as the "quarter" without further qualification, while the sixteenth of a yard (2.25 inches) was called a nail. [62] The eighth of a yard (4.5 inches) was sometimes called a finger, [63] but was more commonly referred to simply as an eighth of a yard, while the half-yard (18 inches) was called "half a ...

  5. Caliber - Wikipedia

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    medium-bore refers to calibers with a diameter of 0.33 inches (8.4 mm) to 0.39 inches (9.9 mm) large-bore refers to calibers with a diameter of 0.40 inches (10 mm) or larger There is much variance in the use of the term "small-bore", which over the years has changed considerably, with anything under 0.577 inches (14.7 mm) considered "small-bore ...

  6. 7.92×57mm Mauser - Wikipedia

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    Type: Rifle: Place of origin: German Empire: Service history; In service: 1905–present: Used by: Germany, United Kingdom, Spain, Czechoslovakia, Poland, China ...

  7. 7.5 cm FK 16 nA - Wikipedia

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    The 7.5 cm Feldkanone 16 neuer Art (7.5 cm FK 16 nA) was a field gun used by Germany in World War II.Originally built as the World War I-era 7.7 cm FK 16, surviving guns in German service were re-barrelled during the early 1930s in the new standard 7.5 cm calibre.

  8. Cocaine boom - Wikipedia

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    "Rocks" of crack cocaine, with a ruler (marked in inches) for reference The name "crack" first appeared in the New York Times on November 17, 1985. Within a year more than a thousand press stories had been released about the drug.

  9. 7 mm caliber - Wikipedia

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    Name Bullet Case length Rim Base Shoulder Neck OAL .270 British: 7.04 mm (0.277 in) 46 mm (1.8 in) 11.3 mm (0.44 in) 11.3 mm (0.44 in) - - 62.3 (2.45)