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  2. Help:Advanced table formatting - Wikipedia

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    The answer is that when the table has a row without containing any rowspan=1 cell, this row is "compressed" upwards and disappears. Solution: divide one of the tall cells so that the row gets one rowspan=1 cell (and don't mind the eventual loss of text-centering). Then kill the border between them.

  3. Point (typography) - Wikipedia

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    The point was first established by the Milanese typographer, Francesco Torniella da Novara (c. 1490 – 1589) in his 1517 alphabet, L'Alfabeto.The construction of the alphabet is the first based on logical measurement called "Punto," which corresponds to the ninth part of the height of the letters or the thickness of the principal stroke.

  4. Slide rule - Wikipedia

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    Mannheim changed the C scale to a single-decade scale and performed most operations with C and D instead of A and B. Because the C and D scales were single-decade, they could be read more precisely, so the rule's results could be more accurate. The change also made it easier to include squares and square roots as part of a larger calculation.

  5. Inch - Wikipedia

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    A fire hydrant marked as 3-inch. The inch (symbol: in or ″) is a unit of length in the British Imperial and the United States customary systems of measurement.It is equal to ⁠ 1 / 36 ⁠ yard or ⁠ 1 / 12 ⁠ of a foot.

  6. Fuller calculator - Wikipedia

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    The calculator described above was called "Model No. 1" . [6] Model 2 had scales on the inner cylinder for calculating logs and sines.The "Fuller-Bakewell" model 3 had two scales of angles printed on the inner cylinder to calculate cosine² and sine ⋅ cosine [note 1] for use by engineers and surveyors for tacheometry calculations.

  7. List of longest-serving Indian chief ministers - Wikipedia

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    The chief minister is the chief executive of the Indian state. In accordance with the Constitution of India, the governor is a state's de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister.

  8. Game of the Generals - Wikipedia

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    The game allows only one side's plan to succeed, although a player may change plans during the game. There are two different ways of winning the game (see below). Certain strategies and tactics, however, allow both sides the chance of securing a better idea of the other's plan as the game progresses.

  9. Rolling straight-edge - Wikipedia

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    It was a development of an earlier technique of measuring road depressions manually with a ruler under a 10 feet (3.0 m) straight-edge. [ 4 ] [ 6 ] This method had later been developed by the British Department of Transport with the use of graduated wedges which were pushed under the ruler to measure the height, but remained a slow and ...