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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 ]
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 ...
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 mm – 1/1,000 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]
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 ...
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
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 ...
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 ...
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.