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# length.txt 13 May 2011

!title length-units

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6080.0    | International feet in a nautical mile
6080.20   | US feet in a US nautical mile: before 1 July 1954

1852.0   | meters in a nautical mile
1853.248 | meters in a US nautical mile: before 1 July 1954

5280.0    | feet in a mile

0.0254    | meters in an inch
0.3048000000       | Meters in an International foot
0.9144             | Meters in an International yard
1609.344           | Meters in an International statute mile
1.8288             | Meters in an International fathom
20.1168            | Meters in an International chain
0.201168           | Meters in an International link
# 1200/3937
0.3048006096012192 | Meters in a U.S. survey foot
0.914401828803658  | Meters in a U.S. survey yard
20.11684023368047  | Meters in a U.S. survey chain
1609.347218694437  | Meters in a U.S. survey statute mile

0.3048122530       | Meters in a modified American foot
0.3047972651       | Meters in a Clarke foot
0.3047995142       | Meters in an Indian foot

1.4959787066e+11 | meters in an astronomical unit
1.4959787066e+8  | kilometers in an astronomical unit
9.295580727e+7   | miles in an astronomical unit

9.46073047e+15   | meters in a light year
5.87862537e+12   | miles in a light year
6.32419771e+4    | astronomical units in a light year

3.0856775807e+16 | meters in a parsec
1.917351158e+13  | miles in a parsec
2.062648062e+4   | astronomical units in a parsec
3.26156378       | light years in a parsec

0.5291772108(18) | Convert Bohr radius to Angstrom
1.8897261249     | Convert Angstrom to Bohr radii

# Units of measure in publishing

# 25.4/72.0
0.3527777778     | Millimeters in a point
0.0138888889     | Inches in a point
# 25.4/72.0/4.512
0.0781865642     | Cicero in a point (Anglo-American)

# 72 points is a postscript measure

72.27            | Points (Anglo-American) in a inch
0.013837         | Inches in a point (Anglo-American)
2.83464566929    | Points (Anglo-American) in a millimeter
1.065826771      | Points (Anglo-American) in a Didot
12.789921252     | Points (Anglo-American) in a Cicero

