 | 1889 - 916 страници
...OF LENGTH. Ч 40 8 Inches Feet Yards Pole» Furlongs I Foot I Yard 1 Hod or Pole 1 Furlong I Mile !1 Degree of a Great Circle of the Earth. An inch is...mechanics, the inch is commonly divided into eighths. Ну the officers of the revenue, and by scientific persons, H is divided into tenths, hundredth*,... | |
 | E. S. Norman Campbell - 1830 - 304 страници
...= 1 yard. 5^ yards — 1 Rod or Pole. 40 poles — 1 Furlong. 8 furlongs = 1 Mile. 69r'^ miles = 1 Degree of a Great Circle of the Earth. An inch is...which a name is given, but subdivisions are used for various purposes. Mechanics divide the Inch into eighths. By Officers of the Revenue, and by Scientific... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake - 1831 - 630 страници
...yard о l-'2 yards rz 1 rod, or pole 40 poles 1^ 1 furlong 8 furlongs = 1 mile C9 1-15 miles — 1 degree of a great circle of the earth. An inch is...was made to consist of twelve parts, called lines ; liut these have properly fallen into disuse. Particular Measures of Lctiglh. . ¡ . kuids1 yard =:... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - 1831 - 628 страници
...3 feet = yard 5 1-2 yards — rod. or pole -10 (Miles ~ furlong 8 furlongs ~ mile 69 1-15 miles — degree of a great circle of the earth. An inch is...mechanics, the inch is commonly divided into eighths. ]iy the officers of the revenue, and by scientific persons, it is divided into tenths, hmidredtlis,... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Americana - 1831 - 610 страници
...alterations in the weights and measures. The measures now in use in England and the U. States are к follows: An inch is the smallest lineal measure to which a name is given, but subdivisions arc used for many purposes. Among mechanics, the inch is commonly divided into eighths. By the officers... | |
 | Olinthus Gregory - 1834 - 472 страници
...Society's Standard 36-00135 Ramsden's bar 36-00249 Its copy, at Marischal College, Aberdeen 36-00244 An inch is the smallest lineal measure to which a...hundredths, &c. Formerly it was made to consist of 12 parts, called lines, but these have properly fallen into disuse. Particular Measures of Length.... | |
 | Olinthus Gregory - 1834 - 484 страници
...Society's Standard 36-00135 Ramsden's bar 36-00249 Its copy, at Marischal College, Aberdeen 36-00244 An inch is the smallest lineal measure to which a...Among mechanics the inch is commonly divided into eightks. By the officers of the revenue, and by scientific persons, it is divided into tenths, hundredths,... | |
 | Luke Hebert - 1835 - 938 страници
...3 feet = 1 yard. 5J yards = 1 rod or pole. 40 poles = 1 furlong. 8 furlongs = 1 mile. 69Í mues = 1 degree of a great circle of the earth. An inch is...smallest lineal measure to which a name is given, but mechanics subdivide it generally into eighths and sixteenths ; measures or " rules " are however constructed... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - 1835 - 608 страници
...furlongs ~ 69 1-15 miles =. oot yard rod, or pole furlong mile (ki;Tec of a great circle of the carlh. An inch is the smallest lineal measure to which a name is given, hut subdivisions are used for many purposes. Among mechanics, the inch is commonly divided into eighths.... | |
 | Sir Daniel Keyte Sandford - 1841 - 490 страници
...1 foot 3 feet = 1 yard U yards = 1 rod, or pole poles = 1 furlong H lurlongs = 1 mile C91, mies = 1 degree of a great circle of the earth. An inch is...by scientific persons, it is divided into tenths, liundredths, &c. Formerly, it was made to consist of twelve parts, called lines ; but these have properly... | |
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Measure of Length. 12 Inches = 1 Foot 3 Feet = 1 Yard 5i Yards = 1 Rod, or Pole 40 Poles = 1 Furlong 8 Furlongs = 1 Mile 69^, Miles = 1 Degree of a Great Circle of the Earth. An inch is the smallest lineal measure to which a name is given, but subdivisions... 
