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2. Land value tax in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Land value taxation (i.e. property tax applied only to the unimproved value of land) has a long history in the United States dating back from Physiocrat influence on Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin. It is most famously associated with Henry George and his book Progress and Poverty (1879), which argued that because the supply of land is ...

3. Animal unit - Wikipedia

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   Linear estimation based on body mass or weight. This simple method is sometimes used for cattle. The number of animal units represented by one or more head of cattle may be calculated by dividing their total body mass in kg by 454 (or dividing their weight in pounds by 1000). Thus an 800-pound steer would be considered equivalent to 0.8 animal ...

4. Land value tax - Wikipedia

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   A land value tax ( LVT) is a levy on the value of land without regard to buildings, personal property and other improvements upon it. [1] It is also known as a location value tax, a point valuation tax, a site valuation tax, split rate tax, or a site-value rating . Some economists favor LVT, arguing it does not cause economic inefficiency, and ...

5. How To Get Free Land in the US in 2023 - AOL

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   3. Apply for a Mortgage or Construction-Loan Preapproval. You’ll likely need to show an ability to pay for your new home before your free-land application can be approved. Preapprovals expire ...

6. Biblical and Talmudic units of measurement - Wikipedia

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   From these figures for the size of a Biblical ell, that of the basic unit — the finger-breadth ( Etzba) — can be calculated to be either 2.1 or 2.2 cm (0.83 or 0.87 in); Rav Avraham Chaim Naeh approximates at 2 cm (0.79 in); Talmudic scholar Chazon Ish at 2.38 cm (0.94 in). The mile ( Mil) is thus about 963 or 1146 meters (3160 or 3760 ft ...

7. Hydrostatic weighing - Wikipedia

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   Hydrostatic weighing. Hydrostatic weighing, also referred to as underwater weighing, hydrostatic body composition analysis and hydrodensitometry, is a technique for measuring the density of a living person's body. It is a direct application of Archimedes' principle, that an object displaces its own volume of water.