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| Almanacs, English - 1889 - 916 pages
...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 the smallest lineal measure to which a...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
...a foot. is given, but subdivisions are used for many purposes. Among Mechanics the inch is usually divided into eighths. By the officers of the Revenue,...Scientific persons, it is divided into tenths, hundredths, &c. Formerly it was made to consist of twelve parts, called lines, but these have latterly fallen into... | |
| 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... | |
| Francis Lieber - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1831 - 648 pages
...rod, or pole furlong mile degree of a great citfc ^ the earth. An inch is the smallest lineal meaane M which a name is given, but subdivisions are used for many purposes. AmoM mechanics, the inch is commonly dinM into eighths. By the officers of the n1"; nue, and by scientific... | |
| 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...scientific persons, it is divided into tenths, hundredths, &c. Formerly it was made to consist of 12 parts, called lines, but these have properly fallen into... | |
| Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1835 - 608 pages
...40 poles = furlong 8 furiongs — mile 69 1-15 miles — 1 degree of a great circle of * the earth. An inch is the smallest lineal measure to which a...by scientific persons, it is divided into tenths, hundredth?, &,c. Formerly, it was made to consist of twelve parts, called lines; but these have properly... | |
| Luke Hebert - Industrial arts - 1835 - 938 pages
...pole. 40 poles = 1 furlong. 8 furlongs = 1 mile. 69Í mues = 1 degree of a great circle of the earth. An inch is the smallest lineal measure to which a name is given, but mechanics subdivide it generally into eighths and sixteenths ; measures or " rules " are however constructed... | |
| Richard Mosley - Arithmetic - 1836 - 164 pages
...Arithmetic of these is called Compound Arithmetic. 48. TABLEs OF WEIGHTs AND MEAsUREs. Measure of Length. Among mechanics the inch is commonly divided into...scientific persons, it is divided into tenths, hundredths, &c. Formerly it was divided into 12 parts, called lines. Particular Measures of Length. 4\ Inches =... | |
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