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" Great 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 eighths. By the officers of the revenue and by scientific persons... "
The Engineer's and Mechanic's Encyclopędia: Comprehending Practical ... - Page 137
by Luke Hebert - 1835
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The Royal Kalendar and Court and City Register for England, Scotland ...

Almanacs, English - 1889 - 916 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...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....
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A Dictionary of the Military Science: Containing an Explanation of the ...

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...smallest lineal measure to which a name is given, but subdivisions are used for various purposes. Mechanics divide the Inch into eighths. By Officers of...
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Encyclopędia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ..., Volume 8

Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1831 - 630 pages
...1 yard о l-'2 yards rz 1 rod, or pole 40 poles 1^ 1 furlong 8 furlongs = 1 mile C9 1-15 miles — 1 degree of a great circle of the earth. An inch is...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....
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Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ..., Volume 8

Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1831 - 628 pages
...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...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....
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Encyclopędia Americana, ed. by F. Lieber assisted by E. Wigglesworth (and T ...

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....
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Mathematics for Practical Men: Being a Common-place Book of Principles ...

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 name is given ; but subdivisions are used for many purposes. Among mechanics the inch is commonly divided into eightks....
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Encyclopędia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ..., Volume 8

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....
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The Popular Encyclopedia;: pt. 1: On the rise and progress of the fine arts ...

Sir Daniel Keyte Sandford - Art - 1841 - 490 pages
...= 1 foot 3 feet = 1 yard U yards = 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...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....
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The Tutor's Assistant, Or Comic Figures of Arithmetic

Alfred Crowquill - Arithmetic - 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:...
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The Engineer's and Mechanic's Encyclopędia: Comprehending Practical ...

Luke Hebert - Industrial arts - 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...parts of an inch that can be required by artificers, engi neers, and scientific persons. The following particular measures of length are in general use...
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