Initial height of the world's first skyscraper ? the Home Insurance Building

Initial height of the world's first skyscraper ? the Home Insurance Building (42 m)

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If Initial height of the world's first skyscraper ? the Home Insurance Building (42 m) was a standard unit ...

  • Highest freefall parachute jump (2014) (41.4 km)...more would be 1000 x Initial height of the world's first skyscraper ? the Home Insurance Building
  • Height of the `Burj Khalifa` skyscraper (Dubai) (830 m)...more would be 20 x Initial height of the world's first skyscraper ? the Home Insurance Building
  • Height of the minaret of Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca (210 m)...more would be 5 x Initial height of the world's first skyscraper ? the Home Insurance Building
  • Height of Sagrada Familia Basilica in Barcelona (170 m)...more would be 4 x Initial height of the world's first skyscraper ? the Home Insurance Building
  • Height of the Washington Monument in Washington, DC (169 m)...more would be 4 x Initial height of the world's first skyscraper ? the Home Insurance Building
  • Height of the Antares 230 launch rocket (42.5 m)...more would be about as big as Initial height of the world's first skyscraper ? the Home Insurance Building
  • Height of an African elephant (4.2 m)...more would be 1/10 of Initial height of the world's first skyscraper ? the Home Insurance Building
  • Women's World High Jump record (2.09 m)...more would be 1/20 of Initial height of the world's first skyscraper ? the Home Insurance Building
  • Women's Olympic High Jump record (2.06 m)...more would be 1/20 of Initial height of the world's first skyscraper ? the Home Insurance Building
  • Height of an Olympic hurdle (1.067 m)...more would be 1/40 of Initial height of the world's first skyscraper ? the Home Insurance Building
  • Maximum length of a baseball bat (1.067 m)...more would be 1/40 of Initial height of the world's first skyscraper ? the Home Insurance Building

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