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hand = 0.1016 length
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hand = 56 agate (typography agate), .00000229 arpentcan, .0017376 arpentlin, 6.79E-13 astronomical unit, .00505051 chain (surveyors chain), .00111111 city block (informal), 2.64E-10 earth to moon (mean distance earth to moon), .00333333 engineers chain, .00111111 football field, .21953897 Greek cubit, .05488474 Greek fathom, 4,000 mil, .00005486 nautical mile, .0037037 naval shot, .13333333 pace, .02020202 rod (surveyors rod), .00006866 Roman mile, .04830918 sazhen (Russian sazhen), .12124886 vara (Mexican vara), .00009524 verst (Russian verst).

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