| Almanacs, English - 1889 - 900 pages
...MEASURE 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...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 - English language - 1830 - 304 pages
...feet = 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... | |
| Encyclopaedia Americana - 1831 - 610 pages
...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 - Mathematics - 1834 - 484 pages
...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 - Industrial arts - 1835 - 938 pages
...foot 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... | |
| Luke Hebert - Industrial arts - 1836 - 942 pages
...3 feet 5J yards = 40 poles = 8 furlongs = 69¿ miles = 1 yard. 1 rod or pole. 1 furlong. . 1 mile. 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 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1835 - 608 pages
...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.... | |
| Commerce - 1841 - 598 pages
...36.00088 36.00135 36.00249 Its copy, at Marischal College, Aberdeen, - 30.00244 The inch is the shortest lineal measure to which a name is given ; but subdivisions are used for many purposes. By mechanics it is commonly divided into eighths. By the officers of the revenue, and by men of science,... | |
| Commerce - 1841 - 604 pages
...lineal measure to which a name is given ; but subdivisions are used for many purposes. By mechanies it is commonly divided into eighths. By the officers of the revenue, and by men of science, it is divided into tenths, hundredllis, &c. Formerly it was made to consist of twelve... | |
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