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  2. Pace (unit) - Wikipedia

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    In the United States the pace is an uncommon customary unit of length denoting a brisk single step and equal to 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 feet or 30.0 inches or 76.2 centimetres. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The Ancient Roman pace ( Latin : passus ) was notionally the distance of a full stride from the position of one heel where it raised off of the ground to where it set ...

  3. Vickers Medium Mark II - Wikipedia

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    9 feet 3 inches (2.82 m) [1] Height: 8 feet 10 inches (2. ... an experimental project to convert any Mark II optionally into a bridgecarrier by fitting the bridge ...

  4. 1930 NCAA Track and Field Championships - Wikipedia

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    The 1930 NCAA Track and Field Championships was the ninth NCAA track and field championship.The event was held at Stagg Field in Chicago, Illinois in June 1930. The University of Southern California won the team title.

  5. 4 - Wikipedia

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    Brahmic numerals represented 1, 2, and 3 with as many lines. 4 was simplified by joining its four lines into a cross that looks like the modern plus sign. The Shunga would add a horizontal line on top of the digit, and the Kshatrapa and Pallava evolved the digit to a point where the speed of writing was a secondary concern.

  6. Ancient Roman units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    square foot 1 pes qu. 0.0876 m 2 0.943 sq ft scrupulum or decempeda quadrata 100 pedes qu. 8.76 m 2 94.3 sq ft the square of the standard 10-foot measuring rod actus simplex 480 pedes qu. 42.1 m 2 453 sq ft 4 × 120 pedes [12] uncia 2,400 pedes qu. 210 m 2 2,260 sq ft clima 3,600 pedes qu. 315 m 2 3,390 sq ft

  7. List of unusual units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    This corresponds to a well-stacked woodpile, 4 feet deep by 4 feet high by 8 feet wide (122 cm × 122 cm × 244 cm), or any other arrangement of linear measurements that yields the same volume. A more unusual measurement for firewood is the "rick" or face cord .

  8. Shaku (unit) - Wikipedia

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    Shaku (Japanese: 尺) or Japanese foot [1] [2] is a Japanese unit of length derived (but varying) from the Chinese chi, originally based upon the distance measured by a human hand from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the forefinger [3] [a] (compare span). Traditionally, the length varied by location or use, but it is now standardized as 10/ ...

  9. 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. Board foot can be abbreviated as FBM (for "foot, board measure"), BDFT ...