Report Upon Weights and Measures, Issues 1-7Gales & Seaton, 1821 - 245 pages |
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Page 52
... toise or fathom belonging to the Acade- my of Sciences , which had been used for the admeasurement of se- veral degrees of the meridian between the years 1737 , and 1741 , in Peru , and had thence acquired the denomination of the Toise ...
... toise or fathom belonging to the Acade- my of Sciences , which had been used for the admeasurement of se- veral degrees of the meridian between the years 1737 , and 1741 , in Peru , and had thence acquired the denomination of the Toise ...
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... toise , therefore , was of seventy - two thumbs , or 864 lines . The standard metre of platina , the ten millionth part of the quarter of the meridian , measured by the brass fathom of Peru , was found to be equal to 443 lines , and ...
... toise , therefore , was of seventy - two thumbs , or 864 lines . The standard metre of platina , the ten millionth part of the quarter of the meridian , measured by the brass fathom of Peru , was found to be equal to 443 lines , and ...
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... toises , each nearly seven miles : and though at the distance of near 400 miles from each other , the base of Perpignan , calculated by inference from the chain of tri- angles between them , differed from its actual admeasurement less ...
... toises , each nearly seven miles : and though at the distance of near 400 miles from each other , the base of Perpignan , calculated by inference from the chain of tri- angles between them , differed from its actual admeasurement less ...
Page 66
... toises . Some of these were consequences of the project for dividing deci- mally time , and the quadrant of the circle : and the others followed from the substitution of the metre for the foot and toise . The lapidaries and dealers in ...
... toises . Some of these were consequences of the project for dividing deci- mally time , and the quadrant of the circle : and the others followed from the substitution of the metre for the foot and toise . The lapidaries and dealers in ...
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... toise , and to be divided into six feet . 2. A measure equal to one third of the metre , to be called a foot , to be divided into twelve thumbs , and the thumb into twelve lines . Each of these measures shall bear on one side the ...
... toise , and to be divided into six feet . 2. A measure equal to one third of the metre , to be called a foot , to be divided into twelve thumbs , and the thumb into twelve lines . Each of these measures shall bear on one side the ...
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