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Feet to Meters Converter
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Need a quick and easy way to visually discover the
difference between feet and meters? Feet to Meters
Converter is the way to go! Simply watch conversions
appear before your eyes as you slide up and down the
measurement scale! Its that easy. You will soon
discover general relations between feet and meters
visually. Feet to Meters Converter is a great tool
for both teacher and student alike! Originally, the
meter was one ten-millionth of the distance from the
Equator to the North Pole. Later defined as
1,650,763.73 wavelengths of a krypton-86 atom. In
1983, defined as the distance light travels in
1/299,792,458 of a second. The foot has been used as
a means of measurement since at least 2500 BC.
Although the size of the foot has changed throughout
history. One idea is that the foot changed according
to the size of the Kings foot in England.
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