 | 1889 - 916 oldal
...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 oldal
...= 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 - 1831 - 628 oldal
...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 oldal
...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 - 484 oldal
...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 oldal
...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 oldal
...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.... | |
 | 1841 - 598 oldal
...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 oldal
...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 oldal
...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... | |
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Circle of the •'"' ( Earth. 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 eiglitlis. 
