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  2. Guz - Wikipedia

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    By 1875, the average value of the guz in Bengal was 36 inches (1.0 yd; 910 mm), but was 33 inches (840 mm) in Madras and 27 inches (690 mm) in Bombay. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] By the 20th century, the guz was uniformly quoted as being equal in length to one yard in the English system , or 0.91 metres in the metric system . [ 3 ]

  3. List of unusual units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    The hand is a non-SI unit of length equal to exactly 4 inches (101.6 mm). ... An American football field is usually understood to be 100 yards (91 m) long, though it ...

  4. Orders of magnitude (length) - Wikipedia

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    To help compare different orders of magnitude, this section lists lengths between 10 −3 m and 10 −2 m (1 mm and 1 cm). 1.0 mm1/1,000 of a meter; 1.0 mm – 0.03937 inches or 5/127 (exactly) 1.0 mm – side of a square of area 1 mm²; 1.0 mm – diameter of a pinhead; 1.5 mm – average length of a flea [27]

  5. List of humorous units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    According to Knuth, the basis of this new revolutionary system is the potrzebie, which equals the thickness of Mad issue 26, or 2.263 348 451 743 817 321 6473 mm. [4] Volume was measured in ngogn (equal to 1000 cubic potrzebies), mass in blintz (equal to the mass of 1 ngogn of halva, which is "a form of pie [with] a specific gravity of 3.1416 ...

  6. Units of textile measurement - Wikipedia

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    One momme = 4.340 g/m 2; 8 mommes is approximately 1 ounce per square yard or 35 g/m 2. The momme is based on the standard width of silk of 45 inches (1.1 m) wide (though silk is regularly produced in 55-inch (1.4 m) widths and uncommonly in larger widths). The usual range of momme weight for different weaves of silk are: Habutai—5 to 16 mm

  7. Ottoman units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    2.63 mm (0.104 in) parmak: پرمق: finger 12 hat: 31.57 mm (1.243 in) kerrab or kirab: 42.5 mm (1.67 in) rubu or urup: 2 kerrab: 85 mm (3.3 in) ayak or kadem: آیاق: foot 12 parmak: 378.87 mm (1.2430 ft) endaze: ell: 650 mm (2.13 ft) arşın: آرشين or آرشون: ell 68 cm (2.23 ft) zirai: agricultural/yard 2 ayak: 757.74 mm (2.4860 ...

  8. Chinese units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    1 ⁄ 1000: 0.32 mm 0.0126 in fēn: 分: 1 ⁄ 100: 3.2 mm 0.126 in cùn: 寸: 1 ⁄ 10: 32 mm 1.26 in Chinese inch chǐ: 尺: 1 0.32 m 12.6 in Chinese foot bù: 步: 5 1.6 m 5.2 ft Chinese pace zhàng: 丈: 10 3.2 m 3.50 yd Chinese yard yǐn: 引: 100 32 m 35.0 yd lǐ: 里: 1800 576 m 630 yd Chinese mile, this li is not the small li above ...

  9. Rail profile - Wikipedia

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    Weights are measured in pounds per yard (imperial units in Canada, the United Kingdom and United States) and kilograms per metre in mainland Europe and Australia). 1 kg/m = 2.0159 lb/yd. Commonly, in rail terminology pound is a metonym for the expression pounds per yard and hence a 132–pound rail means a rail of 132 pounds per yard.