The Glass Devil: A Detective Inspector Huss Investigation, Vol. 3 Page 31
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A kilometer is almost exactly .625, five eighths, of a mile. *A meter is 39.37 inches, about one and a tenth yards, so a hundred meters is about 110 yards. *One Celsius degree is 9/5 the size of a Fahrenheit degree, and zero Celsius is 32 degrees Fahrenheit, which means that 17 degrees Celsius equals 63 degrees Fahrenheit.
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A centimeter (a hundredth of a meter) is .3937 inches, which means that an inch is 2.54 centimeters. So 180 centimeters is almost 71 inches, or five feet eleven. *Ten kilograms is 22 pounds.
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One Swedish krona (plural kronor, currency code SEK) equaled 9.8 cents in March 2001.
