 An inch is the smallest lineal measure to which a name is given, but subdivisions are used for many purposes. Among mechanics, the inch is commonly divided into eighths. By the officers of the revenue and by scientific persons it is divided into tenths,...  British Almanac and Companion - Page 961866Full view - About this book
 | Sir Daniel Keyte Sandford - 1841 - 490 pages
...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 the smallest lineal measure to which...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... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | Alfred Crowquill - 1843 - 156 pages
...MEASURE. HIS Measure respects length only, and is used in taking the distance from one place to another. An Inch is the smallest lineal measure to which a name is given ; but sub -divisions are used for many purposes. Among mechanics the inch is usually divided into eighths:... | |
 | Luke Hebert - 1846 - 944 pages
...yard. 1 rod or pole. 1 furlong. 1 mile. 1 degree of a great circle of the earth. for measuring cloth. 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... | |
 | James Wharton - 1847 - 224 pages
...Furlongs = 1 Mile. Inches Feet 5¿ Yards 40 Poles 8 69TV Miles = 1 Degree of a Great Circle of the Earth. An Inch is the smallest lineal measure to which...by scientific persons, it is divided into tenths, hundredths, &c. Formerly it was made to consist of 12 parts, called lines, but these have properly... | |
 | Modern domestic cookery - 1851 - 754 pages
...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...and by scientific persons it is divided into tenths, hundredths, &c. Formerly it was made to consist of 12 parts, called lines. PARTICULAR MEASURES OF LENGTH.... | |
 | Francis Lieber - 1851 - 606 pages
...pole 40 poles =: 1 furlong 8 furlongs :== 1 mile 69 1-15 miles — 1 degree of a great circle of the earth. An inch is the smallest lineal measure to which...used for many purposes. Among mechanics, the inch is conmionly divided into eighths. By the officers of the revenue, and by scientific persons, it is divided... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - 1851 - 314 pages
...in. ftyd. fth. po. fur. mi. lea. deg. or 69^ British miles Obs. Among mechanics the inch is usually divided into eighths. By the officers of the revenue,...by scientific persons, it is divided into tenths, hundredths, &c. Formerly it was made to consist of 12 parts called lines. Bar. 3= 1 Inch. 36= 12= 1... | |
 | 1852 - 240 pages
...69 A Miles •= < Circle of the 5J Yards = 1 Rod or Pole 40 Poles = 1 Furlong 8 Furlongs = 1 Mile t Earth. An inch is the smallest lineal measure to which a name is giren, hut suhdivisions are used for many purposes. Among mechanics, the inch is commonly divided into... | |
 | 1853 - 250 pages
...or Pole Poles = 1 Furlong Furlongs =. I Mile ( 1 Degree of a Great 69 '-т Miles - \ Circle of the t Earth. An inch is the smallest lineal measure to which a name is given, hut suhdivisions are used for many purposes. Among1 mechanics, the inch is commonly divided into eighths.... | |
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