Height of a standard matchbox

Height of a standard matchbox (13 mm)

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If Height of a standard matchbox (13 mm) was a standard unit ...

  • Height of Sydney Opera House (65 m)...more would be 5000 x Height of a standard matchbox
  • Wingspan of a Boeing 747 airliner (64.4 m)...more would be 5000 x Height of a standard matchbox
  • Length overall of the `Mayflower` sailing ship (26 m)...more would be 2000 x Height of a standard matchbox
  • Maximum length of a Reticulated Python (6.5 m)...more would be 500 x Height of a standard matchbox
  • Length overall of a `Nacra 17` racing catamaran (5.25 m)...more would be 400 x Height of a standard matchbox
  • Height of Yoda in the Star Wars movies (660 mm)...more would be 50 x Height of a standard matchbox
  • Distance a flea can jump (330 mm)...more would be 25 x Height of a standard matchbox
  • Length of a Foolscap page of paper (330 mm)...more would be 25 x Height of a standard matchbox

Is That A Big Number? - The Book

Yes, there's now a book based on these numbers. Oxford University Press: July 2018.

Click here to learn more about it.

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