sq. in.
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Throughout the South, you'll find more churches per sq. in. than anywhere on earth.
From Time • Jan. 12, 2011
A 500-lb. torpedo would have generated at least 5,000 lb. per sq. in. of pressure on the 's hull.
From Time • Aug. 18, 2010
For one thing, it will surely prove to be extremely violent: its field of 100,000 gauss will exert a force of six tons per sq. in. at the end of the coil.
From Time Magazine Archive
To supply enough air at 100 lbs. per sq. in., the engines must run at high speed, developing too much thrust for a plane on its landing approach.
From Time Magazine Archive
Gasoline is fed to the engine by means of air pressure at 5 pounds per sq. in., which is produced by the air pump on the engine clearly shown at Fig.
From Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair by Pag?, Victor Wilfred
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