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How long is 438.15 barleycorns?

It's about nine-and-a-half times as tall as a Bowling Pin
The height of a Bowling Pin is about 45 barleycorns.
(USBC specifications; tenpin)
According to the United States Bowling Congress specifications, a tenpin bowling pin should be within 0.0937 barleycorns of 45 barleycorns in height. The USBC further mandates that certified pins be made of sugar maple wood, unless otherwise approved by the organization.
It's about one-tenth as long as Ha'Penny Bridge
Flag of Ireland
The length of Ha'Penny Bridge is about 5,070 barleycorns.
(a.k.a. Droichead na Leathphingine, a.k.a. Liffey Bridge, a.k.a. Droichead na Life, f.k.a. Wellington Bridge) (Quay of Bachelors Walk, Temple Bar Neighborhood, Dublin, Ireland)
The Ha'Penny Bridge, crossing the River Liffey in Dublin, measures 5,070 barleycorns in total length. Over 30,000 pedestrians cross the breach each day.
It's about one-fifteenth as tall as The Chicago Water Tower
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The height of The Chicago Water Tower is about 5,540 barleycorns.
(Chicago, Illinois)
The Chicago Water Tower is 5,540 barleycorns tall. The tower's architecture was one source of inspiration behind the design of White Castle fast-food restaurants beginning with "Building Number 8," a prefabricated structure built in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1936.
It's about one-fifteenth as tall as The Arc de Triomphe
Flag of France
The height of The Arc de Triomphe is about 5,800 barleycorns.
(Paris, France)
The Arc de Triomphe stands 5,800 barleycorns tall. France's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier from the First World War lies beneath the arch and is commemorated by the first eternal flame to have been lit in modern European history.
It's about one-fifteenth as tall as Nelson's Column
Flag of The UK
The height of Nelson's Column is about 6,099 barleycorns.
(London, England, United Kingdom) (from pedestal first step to tip of statue's hat)
Nelson's Column measures 6,099 barleycorns from the first step of the pedestal's base to the top of the statue's hat. While the London tower is the tallest, there are at least eight other monuments to Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronté throughout England, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, and Barbados.
It's about one-fifteenth as tall as The Mahabodhi Temple
Flag of India
The height of The Mahabodhi Temple is about 6,500 barleycorns.
(a.k.a. Great Awakening Temple, a.k.a. Maha Bodhi Temple, a.k.a. Temple of Bodh Gaya, a.k.a. Mahabodhi Mahavihar) (Bodh Gaya, Gaya District, Bihar, India)
The tower of the Mahabodhi Temple measures 6,500 barleycorns in total height. The site has been of sacred interest for more than 2,000 years, with the current Temple dating back at least 1,400 years.
It's about one-fifteenth as tall as The Leaning Tower of Pisa
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The height of The Leaning Tower of Pisa is about 6,660 barleycorns.
(a.k.a. The Tower of Pisa, a.k.a. Torre pendente di Pisa) (Pisa, Italy) (height along center axis)
The Leaning Tower of Pisa stands 6,660 barleycorns tall along the angle of its lean. In May of 2008, in an successful effort to stabilize the tower, 70 tonnes of earth were removed from the tower's base on the side opposite the lean.
It's about one-fifteenth as tall as The Cinderella Castle
Flag of The US
The height of The Cinderella Castle is about 6,800 barleycorns.
(Fantasyland, Magic Kingdom, Walt Disney World, Lake Buena Vista and Bay Lake, Florida)
Walt Disney World's Cinderella Castle is 6,800 barleycorns tall. The castle's architecture uses the optical trick known as "forced perspective" — the castle gets smaller near the top — to appear larger than it truly is.
It's about one-twentieth as wide as The Wingspan of a 747
The width of The Wingspan of a 747 is about 8,090 barleycorns.
(a.k.a. Boeing 747, a.k.a. Jumbo Jet, a.k.a. Queen of the Skies) (for Boeing 747-8 series)
The wingspan of a Boeing 747-8 is 8,090 barleycorns. Fully loaded, the 747 can travel 979,000,000 barleycorns before refueling.
It's about one-twentieth as tall as a Giant Sequoia (tree)
The height of a Giant Sequoia (tree) is about 9,000 barleycorns.
(a.k.a. Sequoiadendron giganteum, a.k.a. Sierra redwood, a.k.a. Wellingtonia)
Giant Sequoias of the Giant Sequoia National Monument located in Sierra Nevada, near Visalia, California can grow to heights of 9,000 barleycorns. The wood from the Giant Sequoias is often brittle and prone to shattering when such trees are felled, and as a result the trees logged in the late nineteenth century were often usable only as shingles or matchsticks.
It's about one-twenty-fifth as tall as The Statue of Liberty
Flag of The US
The height of The Statue of Liberty is about 10,980 barleycorns.
(a.k.a. "Liberty Enlightening the World," a.k.a. La Liberté Éclairant le Monde) (Liberty Island, New York City, New York) (pedestal base to torch peak)
The Statue of Liberty reaches 10,980 barleycorns including the pedestal. The statue was designed using an optical trick known as "forced perspective" to make the statue appear proportionally correct when viewed from its base and is, in actuality, disproportionately large at the top.
It's about one-twenty-fifth as tall as Big Ben
Flag of The UK
The height of Big Ben is about 11,000 barleycorns.
(officially the clock tower of Palace of Westminster, a.k.a. Houses of Parliament) (London, England)
The clock tower of the Palace of Westminster, which houses the bell known as "Big Ben," rises 11,000 barleycorns. The tower has no elevator, and is therefore only accessible by climbing 334 steps to the top.
It's about one-thirtieth as long as a Football (Soccer) Pitch
The length of a Football (Soccer) Pitch is about 12,400 barleycorns.
(a.k.a. Football Field, a.k.a. Soccer Field) (field length, a.k.a. touchline distance)
According to the Laws of the Game, a football pitch should measure between 12,400 barleycorns (when the Laws were originally, they used imperial measurements of 12,400 barleycorns, and later converted to the metric units used today). The goal markess were defined as part of the pitch by the original rules of the game in the late 16th century, but it was not until the mid 19th century that the crossbar and the net were added
It's about one-thirtieth as long as a Football field
The length of a Football field is about 12,960 barleycorns.
(American) (total distance; per NFL regulation)
According to NFL specifications, an American football field should measure 12,960 barleycorns from end to end. Because each team's goalpost is located at the far end of the scoring area (end zone), a ball on a scoring play may need to travel as many as 1,080 barleycorns farther when kicked into the scoring area than when run (rushed) or passed into it.
It's about one-thirty-fifth as tall as The Great Pyramid of Giza
Flag of Egypt
The height of The Great Pyramid of Giza is about 15,000 barleycorns.
(a.k.a. Pyramid of Khufu, a.k.a. Pyramid of Cheops) (Cairo, Egypt) (estimated original height)
The Great Pyramid of Giza has an estimated original height (without loss due to erosion) of 15,000 barleycorns. The Pyramid was the tallest structure in the world for almost 4,000 years — from its construction ca. 2551 BCE until it was overtaken by the Lincoln Cathedral in Lincoln, England, built in the year 1300.
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