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  2. British thermal unit - Wikipedia

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    25,031 to 25,160 ft⋅pdl (foot-poundal) 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). [16]

  3. Old Hansen Planetarium - Wikipedia

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    The rear wall contains the largest laser stone-carving project in the world with 18 panels covering 900 square feet (84 m 2) and weighing 44,000 pounds (20,000 kg) in all. [9] The bottom of the rear wall contains repeated images from the library in 1905, the top contains images of a galaxy (signifying the Hansen Planetarium), and the middle ...

  4. New York Tribune Building - Wikipedia

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    The piles weighed 35 pounds per square foot (170 kg/m 2) and were driven very close to the original foundation walls, with the tops of the piles carried to 1 foot (0.30 m) above the bottoms of the old footings.

  5. Equations for a falling body - Wikipedia

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    Near the surface of the Earth, the acceleration due to gravity g = 9.807 m/s 2 (metres per second squared, which might be thought of as "metres per second, per second"; or 32.18 ft/s 2 as "feet per second per second") approximately. A coherent set of units for g, d, t and v is essential.

  6. Metrication in Canada - Wikipedia

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    Newborns are measured in kilograms at hospitals, but the birth weight and length is also announced to family and friends in pounds, ounces, feet and inches. Although Canadian driver's licences give height in centimetres, [16] [17] many Canadians also use feet, inches and pounds to indicate their height and weight. Use of the imperial system ...

  7. Muncy Creek - Wikipedia

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    In 2012 and 2013, the creek's discharge at this location ranged from 29 to 379 cubic feet (0.82 to 10.73 m 3) per second. [8] The discharge of the creek at Sonestown averages 44.9 cubic feet per second. [9] The osmotic pressure of the stream's waters at this location ranged from less than 1 up to 4 millios-moles per 2.2 pounds (1.00 kg). [8]

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  9. Kennedy Space Center - Wikipedia

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    The Multi-Payload Processing Facility is a 19,647 square feet (1,825.3 m 2) [52] building used for Orion spacecraft and payload processing. The Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (PHSF) contains a 70-by-110-foot (21 by 34 m) service bay, with a 100,000-pound (45,000 kg), 85-foot (26 m) hook height. It also contains a 58-by-80-foot (18 by 24 m ...