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2. Shoe size - Wikipedia

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   There is also the "common" scale, where women's sizes are equal to men's sizes plus 1 + 1 ⁄ 2. Children's shoes start from size zero, which is equivalent to 3 + 11 ⁄ 12 inches (11 + 3 ⁄ 4 barleycorns = 99.48 mm), and end at 13 + 1 ⁄ 2. Thus the formula for children's sizes in the US is child shoe size (barleycorns) = 3 × last length ...

3. Brannock Device - Wikipedia

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   Brannock Device [1] Brannock Device at shoe museum in Zlín, Czechia The Brannock Device is a measuring instrument invented by Charles F. Brannock for measuring a person's shoe size . Brannock spent two years developing a simple means of measuring the length, width, and arch length of the human foot .

4. File:Shoe sizes for children by foot length (multilingual).svg

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   English: Shoe sizes for children in Mondopoint, EU, UK and US systems, measured by foot length (multi-lingual) Русский: Размеры обуви для детей в системах Мондопойнт, EU, UK, and US, измеренные по длине стопы (несколько языков)

5. How to Measure Your Shoe Size at Home - AOL

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6. Clothing sizes - Wikipedia

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   Children's clothes sizes are sometimes described by the age of the child, or, for infants, the weight. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Traditionally, clothes have been labelled using many different ad hoc size systems, which has resulted in varying sizing methods between different manufacturers made for different countries due to changing demographics and ...

7. Metrication in the United States - Wikipedia

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   American shoe sizes are measured on different scales for children, men, and women but all sizes are derived from inches. [60] Major multi-national apparel brands including Nike, Adidas, Hanes, and Levi's often sell the same inventory worldwide, with tags containing both SI and customary units.

8. Barleycorn (unit) - Wikipedia

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   A chart of Imperial and United States customary units. The barleycorn is an English unit of length [1] equal to 1 ⁄ 3 of an inch (i.e. about 8.47 mm). It is still used as the basis of shoe sizes in English-speaking countries.

9. Talk:Shoe size - Wikipedia

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   I have tagged shoe size#length as uncited and tagged specifically as dubious the claim This is the basis for current UK and North American shoe sizes, with the largest shoe size taken as twelve inches (a size 12). (Straight away, a US 12 is smaller than a UK 12.) The article foot (unit) says 13 (UK), 14 (US male), 15.5 (US female) or 48 (EU ...