secs.
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seconds.
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sections.
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The whole thing takes about 15 secs., which is quite Bubonic enough for my tastes.
From Time • Apr. 2, 2010
In the 100 m she blazed to a time of 10.75 secs. and the largest margin of victory in that race since the 1952 Games.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the 8.4 cm. field-gun, with charge of 600 grms., and projectile of 6.7 kilogrammes, muzzle velocity was equal to 1,640 ft. secs. and pressure 1,750.
From Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise by Sanford, P. Gerald (Percy Gerald)
For 440 yds. over hurdles the record time is 574⁄5 secs., by T. M. Donovan, and by J. B. Densham at Kennington Oval in 1907.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various
Jenks, O.H.-S., won the quarter in 52-3/5 secs. by ten or twelve yards, with two university men, Barnes and Parkhurst, behind him.
From Harper's Round Table, May 14, 1895 by Various
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