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  2. Ancient Egyptian units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    Hours—known by a variant of the word for "stars" [71] —were initially only demarcated at night and varied in length. They were measured using decan stars and by water clocks. Equal 24-part divisions of the day were only introduced in 127 BC. Division of these hours into 60 equal minutes is attested in Ptolemy's 2nd-century works.

  3. Ancient Greek units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    3.42 m 2 (36.8 sq ft) square six-foot akaina ἄκαινα: 100 podes 9.50 m 2 (102.3 sq ft) rod hēmiektos ἡμίεκτος: 833 + 1 ⁄ 3 podes 79.2 m 2 (853 sq ft) half a sixth hektos ἕκτος: 1,666 + 2 ⁄ 3 podes 158.3 m 2 (1,704 sq ft) a sixth of a plethron aroura ἄρουρα: 2,500 podes 237.5 m 2 (2,556 sq ft) field plethron ...

  4. List of unusual units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    [25] [26] The standard FIFA football pitch for international matches is 105 m (344 ft) long by 68 m (223 ft) wide (7,140 m 2 or 0.714 ha or 1.76 acres); FIFA allows for a variance of up to 5 m (16.4 ft) in length in either direction and 7 m (23.0 ft) more or 4 m (13.1 ft) less in width (and larger departures if the pitch is not used for ...

  5. Orders of magnitude (time) - Wikipedia

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    2 hs (3 min 20 s): The average length of the most popular YouTube videos as of January 2017 [15] 5.55 hs (9 min 12 s): The longest videos in the above study 7.1 hs (11 m 50 s): The time for a human walking at average speed of 1.4 m/s to walk 1 kilometre 10 3: kilosecond ks minutes, hours, days (1 ks = 16 min 40 s = 1,000 s)

  6. Unit of time - Wikipedia

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    The Jiffy is the amount of time light takes to travel one femtometre (about the diameter of a nucleon). The Planck time is the time that light takes to travel one Planck length. The TU (for time unit) is a unit of time defined as 1024 μs for use in engineering. The svedberg is a time unit used for sedimentation rates (usually

  7. Orders of magnitude (length) - Wikipedia

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    5 m – length of an elephant; 5.2 m – height of a giraffe [123] 5.5 m – height of a Baluchitherium, the largest land mammal ever lived; 6.5 m – wingspan of Argentavis, the largest flying bird known; 6.7 m – length of a Microchaetus rappi; 7.4 m – wingspan of Pelagornis, the bird with longest wingspan ever. [124]

  8. 50 Inventions From The Past That Were Amazingly Innovative - AOL

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    Image credits: Isabella Thornton #2 An Early Motorised Scooter. The Autoped was an early vision of today's scooters. This was a personal transport system originally developed in 1915.

  9. Historical Russian units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    It was standardized by Peter the Great in the 18th century to measure exactly twenty-eight English inches (71.12 cm). Thus, 80 vershoks = 20 pyad's = 5 arshins = 140 English inches (355.60 cm). Thus, 80 vershoks = 20 pyad's = 5 arshins = 140 English inches (355.60 cm).