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Engineer's scale — An engineer s scale is a tool for measuring distances and transferring measurements at a fixed ratio of length. It is commonly made of plastic and is just over twelve inches (300 mm) long, so that the measuring ticks at the edges do not become… … Wikipedia
Postage stamps and postal history of Turkey — Turkey became a republic in 1923, and in the following years, its postal service became more modernized and efficient and its postage stamps expertly designed and manufactured.The Ottoman Empire s early or classic stamp issues between 1863 and… … Wikipedia
Fifteenth — The fifteens or fifteenth, as it is generally called, was originally an imperial tax levied throughout the kingdom for various purposes, as wars and such like. It was a tax of one fifteenth on movables of all kinds, and was of a similar… … Dictionary of London
Fifteens — The fifteens or fifteenth, as it is generally called, was originally an imperial tax levied throughout the kingdom for various purposes, as wars and such like. It was a tax of one fifteenth on movables of all kinds, and was of a similar… … Dictionary of London
