Even an inexperienced eye can gauge how many long months of patience, skill and eyestrain were involved just by examining a single inch.
SPI (stitches per inch) refers to the number of stitches in a single inch of seam.
In 1874 75 the guns were replaced by a single 11 inches gun, based on a Krupp design.
She was only hit by a single 12-inch shell that wounded two crewmen.
During the battle, the ship suffered only minor damage; Helgoland was hit by a single 15-inch shell, but sustained minimal damage.
Texas was lightly damaged during the battle by a single 6 inches high explosive shell that hit her on the starboard side above the main deck, immediately forward of the ash hoist.
In particular, a single 0.25 inch wide and 8 or 12 inch long steel tongue, bonded by the Dexter-Hysol 9339 adhesive to a groove in a 0.5 inch thick laminated plate, can support a 20,000 lbs tension force.
For example, Mr. Wambach said, the floors of most stick-built houses will be made out of 2 inch by 8 inch floor joists, about 16 inches apart, covered by a single, nailed-on layer of decking -- typically three-quarter-inch plywood -- and surrounded by a 2 inch by 10 inch "rim joist," which provides stability for the floor joists and is used to attach to the floor to the foundation.
Therefore, from 1998 to 2000, the six mirrors of the MMT were replaced by a single 650-cm (255-inch) mirror.
The middle gun port on each side was occupied by a single-banded, 6.4 inches Brooke rifle.
