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2. Ancient Egyptian units of measurement - Wikipedia

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   The ancient Egyptian units of measurement are those used by the dynasties of ancient Egypt prior to its incorporation in the Roman Empire and general adoption of Roman, Greek, and Byzantine units of measurement. The units of length seem to have originally been anthropic, based on various parts of the human body, although these were standardized ...

3. United States customary units - Wikipedia

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   Length. For measuring length, the U.S. customary system uses the inch, foot, yard, and mile, which are the only four customary length measurements in everyday use. From 1893, the foot was legally defined as exactly 1200⁄3937 m (approximately 0.304 8006 m ). [13] Since July 1, 1959, the units of length have been defined on the basis of 1 yd ...

4. English units - Wikipedia

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   The Compositio redefined the yard, foot, inch, and barleycorn to 10 ⁄ 11 of their previous value. However, it retained the Anglo-Saxon rod of 15 x 11 ⁄ 10 feet (5.03 metres) and the acre of 4 × 40 square rods. Thus, the rod went from 5 old yards to 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 new yards, or 15 old feet to 16 + 1 ⁄ 2 new feet. The furlong went from 600 ...

5. Chain (unit) - Wikipedia

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   The chain (abbreviated ch) is a unit of length equal to 66 feet (22 yards ), used in both the US customary and Imperial unit systems. It is subdivided into 100 links. [1] [2] There are 10 chains in a furlong, and 80 chains in one statute mile. [2] In metric terms, it is 20.1168 m long. [2] By extension, chainage (running distance) is the ...

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7. Pace (unit) - Wikipedia

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   Pace (unit) A pace is a unit of length consisting either of one normal walking step (approximately 0.75 metres or 30 inches), or of a double step, returning to the same foot (approximately 1.5 metres or 60 inches). The normal pace length decreases with age and some health conditions. [1] The word "pace" is also used for units inverse to speed ...

8. List of ancient Egyptian statuary with amulet necklaces

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   Amulets of Ancient Egypt, chapter 4: Scarabs for the living and funerary scarabs, pp 50–59, Andrews, Carol, c 1993, University of Texas Press, 518 amulets, 1, or multiples included in 12 necklaces; (softcover, ISBN 0-292-70464-X) Keller, 2000. Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, c 2000.

9. Irish units of measurement - Wikipedia

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   1/4 inch ordlach: thumb-length 1 ⁄ 12: 2.1 cm 0.8 in bas: palm 1 ⁄ 3: 8.4 cm 3.3 in dorn: fist 5 ⁄ 12 or 1 ⁄ 2: 10.4 or 12.5 cm 4 or 5 in troighid: foot 1 25 cm 9.9 in céim: step 2.5 62.5 cm 2 ft 1 in deiscéim[m] double-step 6 1.5 m 4 ft 11 in fertach: rod 12 3 m 9 ft 10 in forrach: 144 36 m 39.4 yards